We all want to dress to impress, but therein lies the complication: An impressive outfit in one context might be ridiculous in another. Fortunately, simple guidelines exist for making a good ...

Entering the job market for the first time can feel challenging, especially if you don’t have prior work experience to fill out your resume. However, you can still create a strong application that ...

It turns out the old adage, “You never get a second chance to make a great first impression,” may not be true after all. There’s a great deal of pressure around making a positive first impression–and ...

One of our founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin, said, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” It’s common sense yet not common practice. In business, one way to put an ounce of prevention ...

First impressions matter. Book covers, article headlines, pitch emails, resumes, LinkedIn headlines, and dating profile pictures are all examples of the power of first impressions in action. You can ...

I doubt I’m the only one who grew up hearing, “Make sure you make a good first impression.” At the time, I probably wondered whether that was my parents just being persnickety. It turns out they were ...

Absurdly Driven looks at the world of business with a skeptical eye and a firmly rooted tongue in cheek. Humans aren’t very forgiving. They make instant judgments all the time, whether it’s behind a ...

It is important to make a good first impression and according to new research trusting a person early on can have benefits over the life of the relationship, even after a violation of that trust. In ...