{"id":1662,"date":"2018-05-23T23:04:22","date_gmt":"2018-05-23T23:04:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.meetysweet.com\/women\/blog\/?p=1662"},"modified":"2018-05-23T23:04:22","modified_gmt":"2018-05-23T23:04:22","slug":"how-to-make-a-good-first-impression-with-men","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meetysweet.com\/women\/blog\/how-to-make-a-good-first-impression-with-men\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Make A Good First Impression With Men"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Mirabelle Summers<br \/>\nAuthor of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetysweet.com\/go\/getgreatgg\"><strong><em>Get A Great Guy Guide<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>If you want genuine men and not just any man, this will challenge your beliefs about love and attraction, and show you the way to become a seduction success story,\u00a0<\/strong><strong>check this out&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetysweet.com\/go\/getgreatgg\"><strong>Free Video: Get A Great Guy Guide<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/h3>\n<h2>How To Make A Good First Impression With Men<\/h2>\n<p>How would YOU like to give EVERYONE you meet &#8216; friends, colleagues, potential boyfriends &#8216; a first impression they&#8217;ll never forget?<\/p>\n<p>Wouldn&#8217;t it be great to naturally win just about anyone over because of your awesome personality? Well, don&#8217;t pay any mind to your inner naysayer&#8217;these qualities are already in you, and NOW is the best time to bring them out!<\/p>\n<p>This plain truth eludes a lot of women because it&#8217;s one of those &#8216;right-under-your-nose&#8217; kind of things. Well, it&#8217;s high time you played up the best version of yourself and share it with the rest of the world!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s right, all you need is the proper guidance to bring out the ATTRACTIVE and IRRESISTIBLE person that you&#8217;ve always wanted to be!<\/p>\n<p>For the meantime, however, I&#8217;d like to give you some pointers on how to jumpstart the inner transformation process TODAY.<\/p>\n<p>Like I said, wouldn&#8217;t it be just peachy to leave folks no choice BUT to really dig you?<\/p>\n<p>The thing about making a great first impression is that those who are good at it DON&#8217;T put too much thought into it.<\/p>\n<p>They don&#8217;t think&#8217;they just DO.<\/p>\n<p>In my experience, the single greatest obstacle to pulling this off is getting lost in your own head and trying to size up the situation too much.<\/p>\n<p>You know what I mean: shutting out the person you&#8217;re talking to (along with the rest of the world) as your brain works overtime to second-guess everything you do!<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Did I laugh too loud?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Is there something in my teeth?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Was I talking too fast?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Sheesh, my joke sure sounded lame!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I seem too eager&#8217;good luck hearing from him again!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>These kinds of thoughts are POISON to your attractiveness. Being deathly afraid of being less than perfect is going to make you TENSE.<\/p>\n<p>And as you know, TENSE equals UNATTRACTIVE.<\/p>\n<p>So, to put it succinctly: RELAX.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t let your nagging thoughts and doubts cloud your thinking. Even if your emotions seem like chaos, you can &#8216;fake it &#8217;til you make it&#8217;, as some like to say.<\/p>\n<p>Let me clarify what that means: it ISN&#8217;T about putting up a PHONY personality that doesn&#8217;t really speak of who you really are. On the contrary, it&#8217;s a matter of *temporarily* putting up a semblance of being calm and collected.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing more, nothing less.<\/p>\n<p>At first, acting cool as a cucumber may feel like putting on a new set of clothes that feel stiff and awkward at first. However, this feeling will go away the longer you &#8216;wear&#8217; this attitude of confidence.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, you&#8217;ll just have to put up with this new feeling so that your anxiety won&#8217;t get it the way of others seeing the REAL YOU.<\/p>\n<p>In due time, you&#8217;ll eventually outgrow it, and being relaxed WILL become a natural part of you!<\/p>\n<p>But I&#8217;m getting ahead of myself here. What are the things you should do to make people feel you&#8217;re relaxed and in control?<\/p>\n<p>First of all, your body&#8217;s subtle visual cues will tip them off on what you&#8217;re feeling. Body language goes a long way in generating the aura you&#8217;re aiming for.<\/p>\n<p>So, what you can do is discreetly OBSERVE your confident friends or other people you&#8217;re often with. Do you notice how laid-back their posture is?<\/p>\n<p>Maybe you&#8217;ll see the way their feet are apart at just the right distance. Not too close, but not too far.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s something about standing in a way that says you&#8217;re not about to apologize for the space you&#8217;re &#8216;occupying&#8217; but at the same time, NOT being smug about it.<\/p>\n<p>A good way to exude confidence is by standing slightly on one leg with your back propped up just enough to avoid slouching. At the same time, you don&#8217;t want to be too upright like a soldier either!<\/p>\n<p>Also, resist the temptation to give away your nervous energy by fiddling with the straw in your drink or that handbag you may have on you. You&#8217;ll need a place to tuck away those restless hands, but keeping your arms crossed isn&#8217;t a good idea (as it&#8217;s a very UNWELCOMING gesture!).<\/p>\n<p>Instead, simply rest your hands on a stationary spot. If you&#8217;re sitting, for instance, one hand could be resting on the table (if you&#8217;re sitting) while your other palm is flat your knee.<\/p>\n<p>Feel free to mix and match the placing of your digits as long as they&#8217;ll serve to make you look like at ease.<\/p>\n<p>Next on your to-do list: make proper eye contact.<\/p>\n<p>My general rule of thumb here is to look away and occasionally make quick, casual glances at your conversational partner as you speak. Then, hold a more consistent gaze when it&#8217;s their turn to talk.<\/p>\n<p>This is a great way to make a connection because being able to visually communicate with someone ensures that there&#8217;s a healthy amount of rapport going on.<\/p>\n<p>This aspect of self-confidence is often glossed over since some folks don&#8217;t realize how vital this is.<\/p>\n<p>In general, this style of eye contact is flattering as your gaze implicitly tells them you&#8217;re listening to them. Giving someone your attention in this manner is a subtle way to express interest and joy to be in their company.<\/p>\n<p>As women, we&#8217;re fortunate that prolonged eye-to-eye communication is well-received received by men AND fellow girls. When we make eye contact, it&#8217;s generally perceived as a friendly gesture, so you can use this to your advantage!<\/p>\n<p>When you think about it, looking away too much while a person is talking might send the wrong message. It could look like you&#8217;re bored to tears&#8217;or worse, that their company isn&#8217;t good enough for your undivided attention!<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, not making brief moments of eye contact while speaking suggests you&#8217;re ashamed or unsure of what you&#8217;re saying. Visually reconnecting every now and then during your turn to speak implies confidence in your thoughts and opinions.<\/p>\n<p>The last component of today&#8217;s first impression skill set is the ability to SMILE. Sometimes, we get so caught up in looking so confident that our facial muscles have forgotten to follow suit!<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s ok &#8216; we&#8217;ve all gone through times when our preoccupied minds have distracted us from expressing confidence with a smile. Like the other basic things, it&#8217;s easy to overlook this simple but powerful gesture.<\/p>\n<p>Now, it doesn&#8217;t have to be the ear-to-ear kind of grin that would make Jack Nicholson proud. Again, you have to appear relaxed so your smile should reflect this attitude.<\/p>\n<p>However, you also don&#8217;t want to do it the way salesmen do. It&#8217;s the kind of smile that seems like a rigid, unreal mask that can be taken off as quickly as it was put on.<\/p>\n<p>You know what I mean, right? They&#8217;re smiling just because they HAVE to, and not from the pleasure of hanging out with you.<\/p>\n<p>The type of smile you&#8217;ll need is the kind that GROWS on you during the course of the conversation. Why? It just seems more natural, relaxed, and NOT forced at all.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s an unspoken sign, but the message that the right smile gets across is worth a WHOLE conversation in itself. So remember to ease up on the trigger, so to speak.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, there&#8217;s a powerful effect to be found in not smiling much when meeting someone for the first time. This allows you to create a connection by SLOWLY flashing those pearly whites after they&#8217;ve said something to &#8216;EARN&#8217; it.<\/p>\n<p>Trust me, creating such an experience for that lucky person is quite meaningful &#8216; even if their CONSCIOUS mind doesn&#8217;t acknowledge it.<\/p>\n<p>As I told you earlier, you have a better chance of people warming up to you when they feel that their presence has made you feel better. So what I&#8217;m really saying is that your smile is a reflection of that JOY within you.<\/p>\n<p>Hardly rocket science, right? I&#8217;m telling you, this first impression stuff isn&#8217;t some great mystery that needs solving!<\/p>\n<p>All the things we&#8217;ve covered today add up to a basic goal, which is to knock their socks off right from the GET-GO.<\/p>\n<p>The first encounter is your best window of opportunity to permanently etch the kind of impression you want to make on someone.<\/p>\n<p>The great thing about it all is that you have the means to make this happen, and having enough PRACTICE is what it boils down to.<\/p>\n<p>You may know the basics now, but you don&#8217;t study confidence, you DO it. Only then can you truly embody the irresistible woman that&#8217;s lurking within.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, I&#8217;d like you to try out these things in the REAL WORLD where you&#8217;ll truly LEARN what works and what doesn&#8217;t. As I&#8217;ve talked about in the past, mingling with folks isn&#8217;t a matter of life or death.<\/p>\n<p>Once you wrap your mind around the truth that you have virtually infinite chances to hone your people person skills, the pressure just melts right OFF.<\/p>\n<p>So don&#8217;t sweat having to practice your awesome first impression-generating skills on the unsuspecting public! Just go about your day as normal, and when the next person is poised to have little chat with you, have at it!<\/p>\n<p>If you want genuine men, and not just any man, let us challenge your beliefs about love and attraction, and show you the way to become a seduction success story, check this out&#8230;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.meetysweet.com\/go\/getgreatgg\"><strong>Free Video: Get A Great Guy Guide<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/h3>\n<p><strong>No games. No scripted lines. 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