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As a counterpoint, I regularly find my intuition is wrong, and to some extent I think human intuition is wrong systematically. The people who make the best firs

As a counterpoint, I regularly find my intuition is wrong, and to some extent I think human intuition is wrong systematically. The people who make the best first impression almost always seem to be worse when you get to know them, and people who make a poor first impression often just think more and take time to understand. If you're in an industry where first impressions are most important (like sales for example, I think they never really should be) then maybe your initial impression is a good measure, otherwise, don't judge a book by its first few pages

solarmist 4y ago
I didn’t read this as being about skills. It’s about being able to have a productive working relationship. You can tell pretty quickly if you and another person are incompatible. As far as skills go I completely agree with you.
quadcore 4y ago
It may sound weird but it's not about the intuition but your guts which is, I know it's weird, different. It's "how you feel" and your mood is driven a lot by your guts. It's really something which is more about the body than the brain if you will. And if you feel very good with someone, very very good, well you either have your cofounder/spouse in front of you or a psychopath/charmer/salesman (because this is what they do, they hack your guts). I'm serious. It goes like this: you dont feel particularly good, pass, you feel good, psycho or spouse?.