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Title: Put Your Best Foot Forward: Make a Great Impression by Taking Control of How Others See You by Mark Mazzarella, Jo-Ellan Dimitrius ISBN: 0-684-86407-X Publisher: Scribner Pub. Date: 25 December, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.92 (12 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Very Helpful-Insightful
Comment: This is a wonderful book. I didn't realize how many things people look at, or pay attention to but now that I have read the book I am more aware of how I put myself into a surrounding. It made me see a few things I was guilty of doing and I am now trying to keep that in mind. Often I will start to do something and I remember what I read in this book. Thank you for bringing to mind the different areas people look at upon a first impression. Jo-Ellan Dimitrius and Mark Mazzarella are great authors. I would recommend this book highly to anyone..
Rating: 4
Summary: Becoming a Positive Stereotype
Comment: Despite the negative connotations of my title, the great insight I found in this book is that people will try to conform you into stereotypes they have. They usually rely on pretty shallow criteria to judge you. If you happen to fit into a negative stereotype, then you will be waging an uphill fight to change other's opinions of you. People look for confirmation not disconfirmation. So if you say, do or wear something that isn't exactly the right thing, then it will probably confirm the negative stereotype others have of you. Conversly, if you have a positive stereotype, then those deviations from the stereotype are often dismissed or excused. I've learned this through hard trial and error. I once held that the best thing is to be yourself and, if others don't except you for who you are then the hell with them. This is fine for one's personal life but disasterous for a competitive work environment. Even though you may be hard-working and conscientious about work product, in a competitive environment people will use perceived negative differences against you. It sucks but people in competitve work environments are often jerks. If you want to succeed in a competitive environment, then you will just have to accept that people are often shallow and jerks. Consequently, cultivating the proper image will definitely be an advantage to you and this book is a good start.
Rating: 1
Summary: Poorly thrown together book.
Comment: I bought this because I've seen the author on Larry King and elsewhere talking about how she reads potential jurors by their body language. She's made a lot of money doing this, and recommending jurors to lawyers. It was all very interesting until I bought this slapped together book. Really all it says is that sloppy posture and messy clothing will not make a good impression in the business world or the dating world. Really, that's all it says!! I was also offended, as an artsy person, that the author repeatedly stated that people who wear clothes/jewelry/hairstyles out of the normal navy blue, plain semi-formal business mainstay will be seen as weirdos by their contemporaries and not promoted, etc. She seems to think individuality is a very bad thing! She actually encourages readers to dress as boringly as possible so as not to offend anyone!
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