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Put Your Best Foot Forward: Make a Great Impression by Taking Control of How Others See You
Time-tested advice on projecting a positive image in any situation -- from the Internet to an interview -- drawn from scientific and popular literature about the clues people use to judge others
In Put Your Best Foot Forward, two experts in "people reading" identify the four qualities -- trustworthiness, caring, humility, and capability -- that form the foundation of every great impression. They explain how to convey these vital qualities through personal appearance, body language, voice, and actions, and reveal how particular environments affect the impression one makes. With hands-on tips and advice, they teach readers how to accentuate their positive traits and eliminate negative ones.
The "Impression Management" techniques you will learn in this book have been garnered from over 10,000 interviews and employed successfully by people from every walk of life, ranging from leaders of Fortune 500 companies to lawyers and other professionals and to business people at every rung of the corporate ladder and individuals who want to enhance their personal relationships.
For anyone who wants (or needs) to enhance the way he or she is perceived by others -- from executives to students, nervous suitors to chat room visitors -- Put Your Best Foot Forward is the place to start.
In Put Your Best Foot Forward, two experts in "people reading" identify the four qualities -- trustworthiness, caring, humility, and capability -- that form the foundation of every great impression. They explain how to convey these vital qualities through personal appearance, body language, voice, and actions, and reveal how particular environments affect the impression one makes. With hands-on tips and advice, they teach readers how to accentuate their positive traits and eliminate negative ones.
The "Impression Management" techniques you will learn in this book have been garnered from over 10,000 interviews and employed successfully by people from every walk of life, ranging from leaders of Fortune 500 companies to lawyers and other professionals and to business people at every rung of the corporate ladder and individuals who want to enhance their personal relationships.
For anyone who wants (or needs) to enhance the way he or she is perceived by others -- from executives to students, nervous suitors to chat room visitors -- Put Your Best Foot Forward is the place to start.
- GenresSelf Help
320 pages, Paperback
First published February 22, 2000
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About the author
Jo-Ellan Dimitrius
17 books16 followersJo-Ellan Dimitrius, Ph.D., has consulted in over six hundred jury trials, including the Rodney King, Reginald Denny, John DuPont, McMartin Preschool, and O. J. Simpson cases. She has appeared on Oprah, Good Morning America, the Today show, Larry King Live, Face the Nation, and 60 Minutes, and she has consulted with many Fortune 100 companies. She is the author of Reading People.
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June 4, 2015
Put Your Best Foot Forward is well researched and well written. It provides extremely practical and useful tips for becoming aware of, and improving, the impression you make on others.
This book offers real insights on how other people will be likely to view you and has considerable real work and experience behind it.
Most notable is her observation that "Most people's favorite topic of conversation is themselves, their interests, or their opinions. Great impressions are assured when you tap into, and satisfy, others' love of themselves" (p. 236).
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.
You may feel uncomfortably poked, prodded and palpated, but you will perhaps be the better for it. More precisely, you will be able to get along better with others after reading this book. Some of the pointers for making a good impression are very specific to high-powered business encounters.
Some of the tips provide great insights into human psychology, especially regarding the emotional impact of things like body language, speech pacing, and voice quality. Nice work
This book offers real insights on how other people will be likely to view you and has considerable real work and experience behind it.
Most notable is her observation that "Most people's favorite topic of conversation is themselves, their interests, or their opinions. Great impressions are assured when you tap into, and satisfy, others' love of themselves" (p. 236).
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.
You may feel uncomfortably poked, prodded and palpated, but you will perhaps be the better for it. More precisely, you will be able to get along better with others after reading this book. Some of the pointers for making a good impression are very specific to high-powered business encounters.
Some of the tips provide great insights into human psychology, especially regarding the emotional impact of things like body language, speech pacing, and voice quality. Nice work
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