Smiling may create a good first impression, but psychological research has
shown that you are better off in the long run if you make a bad first
impression and correct it later. Of course, if you make too bad an
impression, you won’t get a chance to correct it.
So when you first meet someone, the important judgment is how intensely to
frown.
copyright 1992, 2023 Jay J.P. Scott
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