First Impression

The road to being an introvert is terrible, especially when you come from a life of an extrovert. Whether I want it or not, I feel like I am sliding toward that way. Lots of phone calls, text messages, and plans, you feel no urge to attend them, busy with your own stress, alone. They say sharing reduces our pain, and I am scared of that. I would rather suffer a bit more instead of sharing them with anyone else; why? That's how I am comfortable; I can't even explain the reason for feeling like that to you as I don't even know.

No, one can't stay indoors like that, not always. You gotta get out for many reasons, maybe for any professional reasons, with no option to avoid. Hehehe, I am also stuck with such a reason. Well, one of my biggest fears is public handling, especially unknown people whom I haven't met before or have no clue about. I am good with the people I know, and even a little observation can significantly boost my communication level. With the unknown? Hell no, it's even scarier when I will be the center of their attention, and I gotta please them somehow. That's where I was stuck.

When I asked for guidance from a very experienced individual, my friend suggested that I must focus on the first impression I am going to make before them. That's what matters the most. If I can establish myself being the boss before them in my first impression, they are going to set that picture of mine in their mind. They gonna remember it for the next time, gonna obey me in that way and listen to my instructions as per that impression. If I fail to impress, then it would be hard to recover that impression.

So what to do before that? He was like take your preparation, strike with what you are good at; that should be your first attack, the perfect shot to hit the bull's eye.

In my childhood, I used to remember those uncles who used to come to meet my father with lots of chocolate or buy me some. Whether I was expecting it or not, the first impression that an uncle came and gave me chocolate was the picture that used to be set for eternity, the image of a good uncle.

Guess what? I hit the bull's eye on my first impression. I wasn't sure about my performance and was in a dilemma as no scores were given on real-life acts that we needed to do. But I was sure of my hit later when I got to experience something beyond my imagination, more than I had expected the impact to be, and that was the moment I said to myself, "You did it, my boy, proud of you, now keep continuing like this, don't lower the impression you have set for yourself."

So yeah, the first impression is a crucial one. Always focus on it and work your way out by hitting the bull's eye with the best side you have to show. From the next, keep this impression balanced as you too have gained the confidence, and now you are set to flow with the pace. Actually, I love it. I didn't think of it working like this so perfectly, Alhamdulillah.