Groove Magazine Zimbabwe Issue 1 | Page 85

LAST WORD…
Life with Lance !
Lancellote Chimedza

I found this especially interesting
because it shows the power of first
impressions. How you introduce
yourself to a person, how you first
present yourself to a crowd, the
manner in which you enter into a
certain scenario; that to me
determines how your audience is
going to respond to whatever else
you are going to contribute from
that moment onwards. It’s the
courtship equivalent of bad breath,
because if the way your breath
smells cannot accommodate the
intended target of your words,
then I am afraid all attempts will
be futile and she may never know
of your how great a guy you truly
are all because you failed to use a
breath mint. Come on brother be
serious.

©2014

My very warm regards to all the
readers as we endeavour on this
the very first publication of Life
with Lance. Lance being me of
course. It’s a pleasure to meet
your acquaintance. I have been
haggling with myself the past
couple of days as I wanted to
make a very good impression on
you guys and well what better
way to do that than to discuss
first impressions.

That very first moment when we
encounter someone for the very
first time, which my friends may
determine how that person will
view you from that day onwards,
so my personal advice would be
to take this seriously. One Kurt
Vonnegut had this to say about
first impressions; “Charm was a
scheme for making strangers like
and trust a person immediately,
no matter what the charmer had
in mind.”-Kurt Vonnegut,
Breakfast of Champions.

In literary works, in music,
probably in all forms of art, there is
huge emphasis on creating a great
introduction in your work. This is
meant to captivate the audience, to
grab them by the collar and
demand their attention. Why
simply because those very first
moments are the determinants of
whether or not that particular
piece is going to tickle your fancy.
Ladies will bear testament to me
that the intensity of foreplay is a
great indicator of enjoyment to
follow.

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