Most
people will judge you within 7 seconds of meeting you. Successful people know
this and engage in specific behaviors to ensure they are making a great first impression, especially in
the work environment.
The
first time I met Susan was when she was shadowing for an educator position we
had open in our department. Immediately I thought, ”No way.” Why? Because Susan
didn’t smile at all, didn’t look me in the eye; and appeared to be miserable
and way too serious. You see…we injected a lot of humor into our department as
a way of coping with the stressful environment (we liked to have fun) and I
couldn’t see Susan fitting in.
Susan
was hired anyway, despite my (and a few others) opinion NOT to hire her. As it
turned out, not only was Susan a brilliant clinician/educator, she was funnier
and goofier than everyone in the department combined! Seriously, I used to say
that she should have been a comedian.
What happened?
