First Impression vs. Last Impression

First Impression	Last Impression
More often than not - misleading. Determines how you are perceived. By presenting your best at first, people tend to expect more than your very best.	More often than not - authentic Determines how you are remembered. By having a less appealing first impression, there's more room for improvement for the next.

Apparently, most people stressed on their first impression to others. For example, when one goes for a job interview, looking good and smart helps a lot in getting yourself employed. Certainly, our first impression to others is crucial because in general a person decides whether or not to know more about a person base on the first impression. To get someone to be interested to know you, you definitely have to work on your first impression. But if somebody is forced by the situation to co-exist with you, efforts to make up a perfect first impression might not be necessary.

However, it is our last impression which concludes the way people remember us. People are forgetful. Regardless of how well we portrait ourselves at first glance, one flaw at the end might ruin our image. Unless you have a long history of deeds they may perhaps overlook your mistake. And that’s only if it is tiny enough. Conversely, a small feat at the end will not make it up for a lengthy record of misdeeds.

“A good first impression gives you more time to create the last impression, which is the one that stays in the memory of others.” – Hanjin, 2007.