subject: Secrets of Getting people to Like You [print this page] Some pretentious people say that it takes only a minute to make others like me. But is a minute a little too long?
From the perspective of psychology, to gain another person's liking only takes half a minute. When you first meet a person, whether you can gain his favor is resided in the first 30 seconds. It can be explained that human beings can not overcome the prejudice of first impression. As it is said, first meeting requires skills to win others' good impression on you. Firstly, time is very important. If you sincerely want to communicate with others, you have to arrive there earlier than him and dress well when you meet each other for the first time. This will surely make people like you because he believes that you do this to respect him. He thinks that you respect him more than he does. And to make up for you, he will tend to agree with you on your request. You can take a Rolex watch with you to remind you the time..The second thing will be your sight. From the aspect of science, the first one to remove sight is the senior one when they look at each. People have a psychological habit, holding that concentrated eyes mean that he identifies with others psychologically. If he averts his sight, he is thought to interrupt this kind of identification. Then the other side will feel pressed psychologically, thinking that the listeners may not be interested in his speech. The last thing to notice is smiling. It is crucial to keep your smile when you first meet others you do not know. You need to smile brightly and sincerely without making people feel tired or that you may have purposes to do this. In this way, he can easily accept you from his heart.
Indeed, that is it. To make people like you just takes half a minute.