The 5-step Guide To Making A Great First Impression

Author Janine Garner shares her tips

- Andrea Black

Back when I started school, I distinctly remember my parents drilling into me the importance of making the right first impression. Shoes were always shined, hair brushed, clothes ironed and nails clean. Now, as a parent, I do the same with my children.

According to research by Princeton psychologists Janine Willis and Alexander Todorov, it takes about 100 milliseconds to make a first impression – yep, that is all! That’s a nanosecond of time to ensure how you want to be perceived is, in reality, being understood and registered.

On top of this, there are numerous online articles stating it takes 200 times the amount of information to undo a bad first impression as it takes to make a good one.

So, what’s the first impression people have of you? And is their first impression the one you want them to have? Here are five steps to making a great first impression.

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