First Impressions & Boring Conversations

Dangerous Dave talks about the first impressions people will judge you for including your hygiene and how you treat people. Plus, how many people get stuck in boring conversations and how many think they can get out of them. 

Episode Transcript

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Please, it's deeper in the dinwith dangerous date. If you're starting to
hang out with a new circle,maybe you have a new date, maybe
just some new friends, some newpeople that you met at work. There's
something that these people are going tojudge you for. We're talking first impressions,
So what are the first impressions?What are the things people judge us
for? Immediately we'll start off withbody language, stuff like how you walk

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and how you sit in your chair. Good posture makes you actually look more
confident. Also, you get judgedfor your facial expressions, includes making inc
contact with people or looking away constantly, or smiling authentically or forcing it.
Other things you're judged for. You'regrooming in your hygiene. Obviously cover the
basics, take a shower, brushyour teeth, through your hair, but

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there's other things too, like ifyour nails are trimmed or your beard is
trimmed, or what kind of fragranceyou're wearing. Other things. You get
judged for your outfit. Make sureit's appropriate for whatever venue you're at.
You don't want to be overdressed ina suit in a dive bar, are
underdressed in a T shirt at anice restaurant. And another thing you're judged
for is your manners and how youtreat people. Whether it's a server or

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weight staff, They're going to noticehow you interact with other people, So
keep that in mind. Whether you'rejust going on a new date or maybe
you're just hanging out with a newgroup of people, those are the things
they judge you for. No wondernobody wants to hang out with me.
Deeper in the two, when wasthe last time you were in a conversation
that was so boring you stopped listeningand just try to focus on how not

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to look bored and out of yourmind. A new poll asks people how
often they get bored in conversations.In almost half of us, forty six
percent said it happens sometimes, thirtyone percent said it rarely happens, and
five percent said they're never bored.On the flip side, ten percent said
they're usually bored talking to others andfour percent said always. Older folks far
more likely to claim they're rarely bored. I think that might be a subtle

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way of Grandma saying, call herwhen we do get stuck in conversations.
We're not always good at wiggling out. Thirteen percent of people said they're better
than others slipping away in the middleof a boring conversation, where sixteen percent
said they're worse. Forty five percentsaid they're stuck just like the rest of
us. Are you're stuck in thatconversation. Men more likely to say they're

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better at getting out of those conversations, and women. For what it's worth.
When people were asked how often theythink of the other person as bored,
the number basically the same as weare bored. So yeah, we
think the other person's bored in theconversation, just like us. I would
tell you more, but I canalready tell you're bored. To me again
for another episode of Deeper in theDen with Dangerous Daved right here.