Ever gone on a date only to come back home and think:
‘’I have no idea what they’re really like’’?
Same here.
One of the guys I dated was the opposite — he was convinced after just one date that I was the love of his life.
The thing is: you can’t conclude after one date what someone is really like. It takes time to get to know someone. But the problem isn’t time.
We are the problem. We are quick to jump to conclusions. We often don’t allow ourselves time to get to know someone because our first impressions overpower us. Whenever we meet someone new, we want to present our best selves. Sometimes we succeed. Sometimes anxiety takes over. In both cases, we’re not showing our true selves.
What’s our problem? We’re all asking each other the wrong questions. In the corporate world, we ask questions like