Brad Beeler

They don't understand language, but what they do understand is body language.

And so do people during first impressions.

So I want to have that slightly deeper tone.

I want my body language to be controlled.

I want to maybe tick my neck off or my head off to one side to expose my carotid.

I want to give it a quick eyebrow flash.

These are friend signs because people look at neutrality.

If they see a neutral face...

Out of self-preservation, we code that as negative.

So what I want to do is I want, again, once again, do those things that if I would walk up to a baby from a body language standpoint, if I would walk up to a dog from a body language standpoint, would it be scared if it was just looking at me?

And if that's the case, I need to be very, very careful.

But also understand that people are going to do that to us.

A lot of the scams I would work in the Secret Service were because people made great first impressions.

So I want multiple contacts, Mike, and that's one of the best ways to eliminate it.

Whether they're a narcissist, whether they're a scammer, it is hard for that person to keep doing that over multiple interactions.

So consistency is so important in relationships.

I can't tell you how many times I've met somebody, they made a horrible first impression and then they become a really good friend of mine or vice versa.

We've all seen that where somebody made a great first impression and then after multiple interactions, we're like, that guy's kind of a jerk.

All right.

So I want multiple interactions and also understand the speed of that relationship.