Dude, the double post was an accidentwhy did you post twice...?
Sorry, my friend tends to be scatterbrained in social situations.An INTJ using chatspeak?
if you mean my horrendous typing, i type like that cuz it saves time...
and i don't think any of my friends would think im scatterbrained in social situations... i feel like you think i have no social skills -.- besiiides u only see me once a week at most
I don't believe in projecting a false image of myself. I guess that's why ENTJs are so powerful. Because they're all evil manipulative liars!
Joking! Sort of...
It's quite unfortunate if you screw up your impression the first time you meet someone, because after 5 seconds, the impression is rather cemented. That's how the golden halo (or horns) phenomenon happens.
BUT...my theory is this.
They say it takes 21 days to form a habit. And habits are ingrained patterns of behavior dictated by your mind, right?
So you could attempt to work backwards. Show the person 21 instances of good behavior in front of the person. And then hopefully the consistent image you present will be burned into their mind. And then they'll be convinced, as their mind will have formed the habit of "witnessing you a good way."
So, it's basically fake it till you make it. It's like tattooing over a preexisting tattoo. Just keep coloring over the old one until it's gone.
To all my fellow ENTJs:
How do you overcome a bad first impression towards others?
I agree with this. Continue being who you are. No matter what you do, there will be people who you'll get along with and others, not so much.Don't worry about it so much. You will suffer a lot more flak by putting someone's opinion of you in control rather than if you merely make a bad first impression.
Depends on the situation. Sometimes, it's not worth the effort to qualify trash by reacting to it.The only point where you should be remotely concerned is if they start talking trash about you, in which case you should give them a swift verbal kick in the ass.
How would an ENTJ have an answer to this question? They never fail.
I made a bad first, second and infinite impression on my teacher last semester. Mostly because I hated him and didn't bother fixing that lingering negative impression. I ended up failing my first class EVER.
I am determined to make him like me this semester