Looks – the path to successful living

Regardless of how sad or cynical this may sound, truth is we’re living in a world that has always used looks to hastily judge a person instead of waiting for actions to be performed and thoughts to be voiced. The world is not a fair place. Those who look better get to enjoy more perks and amenities than others. They get asked out and invited to nice parties. They rise faster to the top because everyone, men and women, likes to see a pretty face and a shapely body around. Smart people can still climb the social and professional ladder, but it’s far easier for somebody who got lucky at birth and came into the world with a fair face and a body to die for.

First impressions are crucial. Today, we meet more and more people and trust less and less of them. Socializing and work put us in contact with persons from other parts of our towns, other cities or other countries. It’s a huge world and we get to know it on a personal basis by meeting a lot of people. That’s why we have to make a good first impression and the same goes for people who meet us. They are under the same pressure as we are. That’s why it really pays to look good. Looks can get one safely through a first meeting and if one can talk without putting one’s foot in one’s mouth, then success will be pretty easy to come by. The fools and the ugly will envy any such person, but that comes with the territory.

Don’t get me wrong. Most people are able to understand what others feel and what kind of heart others have, but the first impression, the one that sometimes makes or breaks a relation. Everyone knows that what’s inside is what actually matters, but everyone relates first from the outside and that’s a fact. Looks can help friendships a lot and good looking people find it easier to spark a conversation with strangers. Also, people feel more at ease around a good looking person, which is why such people get high visibility jobs in the media and film industry. Fact is we all want to look good, regardless of how we feel inside.