“I don’t know if you’ve ever noticed this, but first impressions are often entirely wrong.“
     -–Daniel Handler

It’s human nature to form an opinion about someone we meet for the first time based solely upon our first impression of that person.

Whether it’s the way they look, the way they dress or speak, or perhaps the type of vehicle they drive, it’s so incredibly easy to form an impression about someone’s character, their educational background or their financial status.

When I was a youngster I had a really bad habit of judging people based upon the first impression that formed in my mind immediately after meeting them for the first time.

Luckily, I learned a long time ago that the first impression that forms in the human mind is just as likely to be wrong as it is to be right.

This wasn’t a revelation that came to me like a sunburst breaking through the clouds on a rainy day. It was actually the culmination of several events.

Here’s an example of one event that really made me see the light…  [Read more…]