All posts tagged first impressions

What Quaint Doesn’t Know…

…just might not do anything. While yesterday we looked at the twisted practice of qualifying the good with the bad to preclude and temper judgment, today we look at the equally common, but more recognizable, qualifying the bad. Hello. My name is Mud. I am self-deprecating. Anyone who knows anyone who has ever been to […]

So, how do you like this weather?

The number one concern at an introduction is to make the right impression. This takes a three-pronged approach.

Diamonds, Q-Beams & Rednecks

What you see is what you get. Very rarely is this the case. More often than not, what meets the eye at first blush is far from the true contents of the package. Whether we are talking about products or people, what the box looks like is often deceptive. It is the bane of the […]