First Impressions

~ Gottfried

First impressions matter. You only get one chance to make a first impression. A good first impression can work wonders. I am a leader not a follower. Unless it’s dark, then you’re going first. Never ignore a gut feeling, but never believe that it is enough. 

The first time I sees jogger smiling, I’ll consider it. I had a mind once but kept giving people a piece of it and now it’s all gone. My first love was a calculator. We had a complex relationship but are least unlike with humans, it was always adding up. 

A good impression is great but a bad impression is even better. I always regret making a good first impression because there is no way I can keep this shit up. Now the bar is so high you’re expecting highly intellectual conversations even when I want to fool around. 

Experts say we size up new people in somewhere between thirty seconds and two minutes. Personally I only need two seconds from when you open your mouth. If I can see plaque, I know you’re bad for me. If you don’t care for your teeth, why would you care for me?

You never get a second chance to make a first impression. First impressions are important. While a book should not be judged by its cover, many people are unlikely to read it if the cover is not inviting. Doesn’t help that TikTok has reduced us to fish brains. 

Almost everyone will make a good first impression, but only a few will make a good lasting impression. Your smile is your logo. Your personality is your business card. How you leave others feeling after an interaction becomes your trademark. 

First impressions last. Get it?

©️ Gottfried. All rights reserved

40 thoughts on “First Impressions”

  1. Ah Yes ‘First Impressions’ So AMuSinG
    ‘These Days’ Mr Gottfried Particularly

    Where i Live as it is Not Uncommon

    To See Whole Families Out in Their
    Christmas Themed Pajamas in Holiday Season

    Meeting and Greeting Ways in Stores at Night

    I’m a Shorts and T-Shirt
    Man All Year Around Rain
    Sleet Snow Ice And Of Course
    Boiling

    Sunshine True

    I Suppose Some Folks
    Wonder Why i Dress like
    That in Broad Daylight in
    Work Day Weekly Hours

    Hehe Except for the
    Fact All i Do is Play

    Left the Work Habit
    Behind Almost 17 Years Ago

    At Least For Pay Hehe With SMiLes

    So What Kind of First Impression Might
    A Public Dance Bring in 4540 Dance Events
    For 21,000 Miles Yes in 135 months True Some

    Folks Will Never Forget You With Just One Dance

    Others May Wish They Never Saw You the First and
    4540th Dance Event as Hehe my Wife has Endured Most

    of
    That

    Others May Follow
    You From a Closer
    Distance to Get a
    Better View And Even
    Video Tape You And
    Share You all around For
    Social Media Attention Views

    And Others May Just Give You
    The Side Eye of WTF is Going on Here…

    Here’s A Fact Hehe considering no one
    Else Does it in a 500 Mile Radius of the
    Bible

    Belt
    in the
    South
    East United States

    If You Wanna Be Remembered
    With Your Story Shared With
    Grand Children For Lifetimes Still to come

    Just Do What No one Else is Fool Enough to Do

    Cheers
    my FRiEnD

    WHeRE Everyone
    Knows Feels And Senses
    You are ‘The Dancing Man’

    Yet Almost No One Will Know
    Your ‘Born on Date Name’ So

    Yes go Anonymous

    And just Be Called

    Somewhat of
    A Famous

    Living
    Legend
    ‘Village Idiot’ hehe

    Anyway It’s a Life of Bliss
    And No Fear Sort of Like Captaining

    A ‘Yellow Submarine’ With no Need for ‘Nuclear Options’…

    No i Am Not
    ‘Sgt. Pepper’

    Just Call me
    ‘Captain Salt’

    (Or What Ever)

    As i Continue to
    Spread the Salt
    oF THE EartH SMiLes for Free..:)

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      1. Thank You Mr Gottfried It’s Been Quite
        A Challenge Celebrating 21,000 Miles
        oF Public Dancing in Stampede Shopping

        That Is America’s
        Economic Recovery
        Every Christmas hehe

        i Remain Empty Pocketed
        Except for An iPhone Carrying

        Tunes to Juice me Through and Through
        Spiraling Dance And Song Now Free True

        too

        Yes the
        Videographer
        mY Wife Has Had
        Just about ENOUGH

        of The Celebration

        That May Conclude

        As Soon As Christmas

        Eve Even
        Shuts
        Walmart’s
        Everyday Low Prices

        Down Until the Return
        Rush With No Receipts
        Required FOR THE DAY After

        and
        after
        that as the
        Dance and Song
        Continues then

        With No

        Wife

        Videographer
        Leaving it All
        for the Customers to do then

        Meanwhile i Don’t Buy A Dammed
        Thing All Delegated to The Wife of Course

        Hehe…

        All i Do is Dance
        Sing Eat Repeat
        And Take Several
        Power Naps With Several
        Mornings in the Same Day
        And Night For the Birth of

        Fresh
        New
        Creativity
        to Spring Year Around
        Yes Day and Night Day And Night

        Another Few
        Days in the
        Day oF A LiFE

        Sooner

        Than Soon
        to Come Again…
        Dancing Singing Free

        As
        Usually Odd…

        Hehe True Odd First
        Impressions Last

        Longer

        Than
        Normal Ones..:)

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          1. “Happy no stampede day”

            Hehe The Challenge Remains
            At Least Until Two Weeks of
            Returns at All the Stores Yet

            6 Years Solo Dancing in a Crowd
            of Up to A Thousand or So Drunken
            Spring Break College Age Folks Prepared

            me Well for
            Any Obstacle
            Course That Might
            Come Next Successfully
            Captured By my Wife on the
            Sunday Deluge That The Great God

            Of the DOLLAR
            oF All STUFF

            to Buy BRings

            Of Course i Didn’t
            Buy a G Dammed THiNG

            Only Free Dance to Give Away
            And my Wife Gave Free Beaded
            Bracelets to Many of the Women Wage

            Slaves

            Just A Naked
            Enough Whole Complete
            Dance And Song Yes With
            Empty Pockets Seriously

            I’m

            Good

            For Nothing Hehe

            Mr Gottfried Far Away
            Yet Close Enough with
            Fiber Optic Cable in Nigeria

            Anyway God Yes Be Seeing You
            ‘Sooner than Soon’ Again Same
            Old Dammed Song They Sang
            At Catholic Church as i helped to

            (Before i Left to Dance The Day Away)

            Lead the Crowd From the Furthest
            Back Row Against ‘the Wall’ as ‘Pink Floyd’ Sings

            Yep So Many
            ‘Bricks in the Wall’

            Yet Still i Dance And Sing
            Free Just Returning Again

            With A
            Free Dance and
            Song Yep Just the
            ‘Dancing Man’ again…

            ‘They’ Say in ‘These Parts’
            THere is Only One of me Yet
            Seriously Some Days i Sure Could

            Use Some Help
            At Least By the

            Day
            I Pass Away..:)

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