Blog Assignment #2 -The First Four Minutes

Option1: What kind of image of yourself do you like to portray when you meet someone? Do you feel you are usually successful at portraying yourself as you want to be seen? Is the personality you use when you first meet someone the real you?

“The First Four Minutes.” I have heard the importance of these few minutes from a cosmetic advertisement. The advertisement also said that what is worse is that you have to meet the person 60 times to change his first impression of you. No wonder people are struggling to make their first impression better.
I also want to give people a good and positive impression every time I meet someone at the beginning. However, it is not so easy and I cannot be successful at all times. I picture myself as a happy, outgoing and sociable person. I am pretty self-confident as well. I think that is because I am satisfied with myself and my environment. I could add some good personality traits that I barely have such as ‘patient’ ‘relaxed’ just to show people a "better me", but I don't do so, because I would like to show people the real me. People usually can tell whether it is real or not. Even if they do not know at first, I do not want them to be disappointed when they find out in the future. Moreover, it would not be very successful if I portray myself a lot differently from what I really am. Honestly, I think first impressions include a big part of appearance as well. Therefore, I sometimes try to wrap myself in a better-looking box. But I strongly believe I should keep the contents of the box. In this way, I have been able to succeed in portraying myself as I want to be seen. I think the best way to have a nice first impression is to be honest and positive. People always love that kind of person. I simply try to be someone who I would love to meet.