60 Seconds for Thoughts on Thursday: What Can a First Impression Tell Us About Someone?
A first impression can no more tell us about someone than a chord can tell us about Beethoven.
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Show Notes
Hello to you listening in Kings Hill, Montana!
Coming to you from Whidbey Island, Washington this is Stories From Women Who Walk with 60 Seconds for Thoughts on Thursday, and your host, Diane Wyzga.
How often have you made a decision about someone you just met? If you’re anything like me perhaps your righteous, opinionated, judgmental side showed up. Not good! I know; I’m working on it.
Why? There are virtues to withholding judgment. As Amor Towles writes: “After all, what can a first impression tell us about someone we’ve just met for a minute in the lobby of a hotel? For that matter, what can a first impression tell us about anyone? Why, no more than a chord can tell us about Beethoven, or a brushstroke about Botticelli. By their very nature, human beings are so capricious, so complex, so delightfully contradictory that they deserve not only our consideration, but our reconsideration-and unwavering determination to withhold our opinion until we have engaged with them in every possible setting at every possible hour.” [A Gentleman in Moscow, by Amor Towles]
Question: When have you been surprised (and delighted) to learn that your first impression wasn’t your last?
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Podcaster: Diane F Wyzga & Quarter Moon Story Arts
Music: Mer’s Waltz from Crossing the Waters by Steve Schuch & Night Heron Music
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