Yesterday, while preparing this edition of PepTalk, I was thinking about what I was going to write as an editorial and by chance I came across this quote shared by a friend on Facebook. Here is my own translation:
Your smile is your logo, your personality is your business card
and how people feel after having met you is your trademark.
It seemed so obvious to me, but yet I felt like sharing it, probably because I meet people too often who don't seem to know.
In everyday life, are you aware of what you give off? To your customers, colleagues and bosses? To your friends and family? To your neighbors? To the cashier, the driver, the people you meet at the grocery store, in the subway or on the street?
The importance of "image" doesn't just belong to the fields of media, sales, public relations and marketing... it belongs to all of us personally, and may be what cost you your last opportunity or earned you your most recent accomplishment.
When we know we can directly and consciously influence this variable, why ignore it? I'm not talking about being false, or about being someone we're not, but rather about being aware of who we are, among others.
I challenge you to pay close attention to what the people around you are exuding this week and to question, in return, what you're presenting.
Have a great week!
And smile, it's free! Thank you for this very constructive article.