- Hardcover: 218 pages
- Publisher: Doubleday (Dec 1 1996)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0385482442
- ISBN-13: 978-0385482448
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.2 x 2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 431 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,298,322 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Apparently, as if to emphasize the increasingly fast pace of our lives, Lavington has drastically cut the time we are allotted to make a good first impression. Ten years ago, Norman King gave us The First Five Minutes: The Successful Opening Moves in Business, Sales, & Interviews (1987). Seven years later, it was only 60 Seconds and You're Hired (1994), according to Robin Ryan. Now Lavington, a consultant specializing in personal marketing and "executive enhancement," limits us to three seconds! She claims that within the first three seconds of meeting someone, "that person has already made irreversible judgments." To ensure that those judgments are favorable, Lavington stresses the importance of having self-confidence, a positive attitude, and a neat appearance. She provides self-assessment tests to help people understand their strengths and weaknesses and suggests ways to improve shortcomings. Finally, she recommends tactics for surviving office politics and social intrigue. And, sure enough, behind the hyperbole lies good advice! David Rouse
Book Description
A communications consultant shows how to make positive impressions in a variety of business and social situations, how to plumb the secret agendas of peers and superiors, and how to use psychological dynamics to get ahead.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Book Helped Me To Overcome Hurdles,
By maestradiva (Macon, GA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: You've Got Only Three Seconds (Paperback)
I LOVE this book. It really helped me to overcome a serious career hurdle. She talks about everything from your projected attitude to eye contact. This book has changed my life and how I deal with people. I strongly recommend it.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Not much content....don't waste your money..,
By M. R. "me" (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: You've Got Only Three Seconds (Paperback)
I read this book and throughout, I kept thinking, "When will the author give us concrete tips?" The author gives such "sage" advice as it is important to understand others in order to communicate with them...or in Great Britain they eat the continental way...being well groomed is good..., etc. There is significant section of the book devoted to handwriting analysis -- what?!?!? She goes through a chapter that includes a Myers-Briggs type analysis but doesn't explain how to use this to give a good first impression. She details multiple "success stories" where she took someone for a good haircut and helped them buy expensive clothing (she is a big fan of extremely expensive clothing although she doesn't explain why) -- but no useful detail: i.e. a blue suit is better for this person because..., here is how to determine if a jacket fits correctly..., this type of haircut was selected because..., etc. Since when does handwriting analysis occur in the first three seconds? She never gives a satisfactory explanation as to why she keeps trying to get everyone to join certain clubs or what they do there that will improve one's image. I wasted $13.95.
4.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: You've Got Only Three Seconds (Paperback)
I am aware of the importance of the first impressions but I did not care so much. This book tries to help you really understand its importance in corparate world. I am going to be more careful from now on.
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