{"id":296,"date":"2021-06-14T10:55:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T10:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vwd-hosting.co.uk\/ebn\/?p=296"},"modified":"2021-06-11T17:06:03","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T17:06:03","slug":"it-all-happens-subliminally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vwd-hosting.co.uk\/ebn\/?p=296","title":{"rendered":"It all happens subliminally."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Recently I was talking to a business contact about someone we both knew. He said \u201cOh I\u2019d never refer him to my contacts, he\u2019s always late and disorganised\u201d I was surprised since I also thought the same thing. I was interested to work out why we had come to the same conclusion but we both didn\u2019t really know why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We discussed it further and realised that it was based on two things:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 Arriving late at meetings, even virtual ones!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, neither of us had actively thought about this individually, but both of us thought he was always late, without being able to say when he had been late, how late and how often. We just both thought he was always late, and we wouldn\u2019t make any introductions because we assumed he\u2019d turn up late to any meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2 Not prepared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Again, we realised that we hadn\u2019t made a decision about this, we just thought he was ill-prepared. My contact said he never came to a meeting and seemed to have thought about the meeting. In addition, my contact had once seen him give a presentation at an event and he didn\u2019t seem to know what was coming next\u2026and it was his presentation! Oh, and he had turned up late!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So why is any of this important?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We need to know that we all make judgements: \u201cWouldn\u2019t have put those shoes with that dress\u201d at a base level to \u201cWouldn\u2019t refer him\/her to my best client\u201d at a much more important level. The problem is that some judgements we know we are making, even if we try not to.  Some judgements we make subliminally and those are the ones that are much more difficult to deal with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The important thing is to know that subliminally we are all being judged, and so perhaps we need to behave as if we are trying to make a first impression.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What do you think?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you want more networking tips go to: https:\/\/blog.ebn.uk.com\/tips-on-networking.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Have fun, stay safe<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Glenys<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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