7 Ways To Make a Great First Impression
by Peter Murphy
When you have an important event to attend there are 7 great
ways to make sure you perform at your very best. These tips
are relevant for social events and business meetings. Discover
how to communicate with confidence while making great
conversation.
1. Decide what you want to say before the event. Review it in
your mind to make sure it sounds okay. Keep rehearsing it
until you can say it with conviction and confidence.
2. Consider your potential listeners. Who will you be talking
to and which topics of conversation will be welcome? You need
to make sure your message matches your audience.
3.Be yourself. The worst mistake is to pretend you are
something you are not. People will see through you and
distrust everything you say. Even if you communicate clearly
and with confidence.
4. Never expect things to work out perfectly. Be ready to deal
with problems by deciding in advance what you will do. What
will you do if people ignore your input? Now is the time to
decide and not later on in the heat of the moment.
5. Be flexible in your approach. Different people need to be
treated differently. Pay very close attention to how people
respond to what you say and keep adjusting your approach until
you have a good rapport with your listener.
6. Make the other person the focus of your attention and let
him lead the conversation in the early stages. Let that person
steer the conversation onto topics that are of interest to
him.
7. Anticipate what could go wrong. Then do what you can to
make sure those scenarios do not occur. Adequate planning is
the key to performing at your best in the moment.
Peter Murphy is a peak
performance expert. He recently
produced a very popular free report: 10 Simple Steps to
Developing Communication Confidence. Apply now because
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