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The power of good look
Good looks provide many advantages in life. Attractive people receive preferential treatment from a young age which helps develop their confidence and social skills. They have more career opportunities and earn higher salaries. While beauty is subjective, research shows attractive people are perceived as more capable and having positive personality traits. However, good looks do not guarantee happiness and can lead to disadvantages like unfounded rumors, jealousy, and an inability to be taken seriously in certain roles. True attractiveness comes from developing inner qualities like health, character, intelligence and spirituality.
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- 1. THE POWER OFGOOD LOOKS By S. Thilaganathan
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- 9. Introduction This topic isselected for two reasons Reason # 1 This topic is important to all of us Reason # 1 We can make big change in our life by knowing this and doing some things for this
- 10. People like onething more than anything • It is not money • It is not power • It is not position • It is one thing people like more than anything • That’s beauty
- 11. All like Beauty Alllike beauty from – Shopkeeper to Singer – Young to old – Poor to rich – Without exception
- 12. Basic and NaturalNeed • One of the basic and natural quality of human mind is the love for beauty – We like beautiful nature, sites and places – We like beautiful children, husband/wife, parents, staff – We like beautiful things, dress, cars, furniture, equipments etc
- 13. Importance of Beauty •All are searching for beauty without exception • All of us are obsessed with beauty • All wants to acquire beauty and perfection • All want to be present • We buy lot of products to enhance our beauty
- 14. Worshiping Beauty World isworshiping beauty • Hollywood always worshipped beauty • Television holds, an extraordinarily high standard of physical attractiveness • Physically attractive men and women capture more attention • Once they’ve got attention, they give is given more credibility and
- 15. Appearance become moreof a Factor in the Livelihood/Work Place • A woman’s livelihood depended almost entirely on whom she married • As long as men were choosing mates on appearance, then a woman’s attractiveness played an especially heavy role in her destiny
- 16. Human Information Processing Whatactually influences them? • People often can’t identify the forces that influence their behavior including their feelings towards others. • A Person’s physical attractiveness can be flashed on a screen for a bare fraction of a second. • Almost instantaneously, we conjure up a mental image of that persons’ character
- 17. IMPORTANCE OF GOODLOOKS Importance of Good Looks in •Work Place •Family Life •Social Life •Casual Encounters •Personal Development
- 18. TALK OBJECTIVES • Theimportance of Good Look • The Advantages Good Looks • The Disadvantages of Good Looks • Characteristics of Good Looks • How to improve our Look • How to become attractive • How to become happy and successful person • To get better impression and instantaneous appreciation • Conclusion
- 19. Talk Objectives • (inday to day life)
- 20. Part Two Advantages ofGood Looks
- 21. Attention, Attraction and Attachment •Beautifulpeople draw more attention, attraction, admiration, affections and attachment from other people •Get 5 As
- 22. Persuasion Power • Attractivepeople have the persuasion power to persuade other to do what they wanted • Good looking faces scored highest in influencing others while the less attractive people were seen to lack influence • Good looking people have unlimited Persuasion Power
- 23. Get Best ofEverything • Good looking people get – better job – lovers – happier relationship and – even be able to have more children – their life will be happier and successful
- 24. Preferential Treatment 1/2 •Beautiful or handsome people get preferential and favourable treatment • From infancy on, the treatment by mothers, fathers, nurses and teachers differs according to the level of attractiveness
- 25. Preferential Treatment 2/2 •New born infants that are independently judged to be attractive tend to be held, cuddled and kissed more than less attractive babies • Teachers are prone to give attractive children more information, better evaluations, more opportunity to perform and more instruction.
- 26. Marry Better Husbands •Studies show attractive women tend to marry men with better education and incomes • Attractive women have better choice and selection • Some get worse
- 27. Get Support • Getsupport from Married and Social Life • Other people like to help Good Looking People
- 28. Happy Relationship •Attractive peopleget Happy Relationship
- 29. Earn More Money •Good looking people earn more than average looking people • Tall and good looking males have more chance of getting managerial jobs
- 30. Earn More Money •Being beautiful can get more salary • The good looking ones earned about 5% more than those with average looks
- 31. Employment Prospects • Theydesire for more attractive people to serve them • Beauty affects job opportunities • Even when appearance has no conceivable relationship to a person’s functioning in a job the hiring decisions of experienced personnel consultants are significantly influenced by the applicant’s physical appearance
- 32. Better Chance forManagerial Jobs • Good looks and height improve a man’s chances of getting managerial jobs-we associate leadership with tall, good- looking men.
- 33. Better Impression and BetterJob •Good look actually helped the interview
- 34. Nice People • GoodLooking people and assumed as nice people
- 35. Less Punishment • Goodlooking criminals are treated less harshly • Specially woman are penalized must for below average looks
- 36. People Get MildPunishment • Good Looking Criminals get mild punishment • They are often treated less harshly by injuries • People assume that beautiful faces mean they ‘re honest and naïve • At the start of the trial they can’t believe such a nice looking person could act badly
- 37. Good Excuses •Good lookingpeople always get excuses in day to day life in the Office, family and social relationship for their mistakes and short comes
- 38. Attractive People are Pampered •Attractive children are pampered more by adults even when they misbehave
- 39. Social Skills • Theyhave more chance to develop social skills
- 40. Good Look andSuccess •It is always found that good look and success go hand in hand
- 41. Babies Admire Beauty •Even babies tend to stare longer at pictures of beautiful young women
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- 43. Courage and Energy •Attractivepeople get lot of courage and energy
- 44. • Those whoare talking with them also get lost of courage and inspiration and positive vibration • They inspire and motivate others Inspiration
- 45. Better People • Societyassumes that an attractive people are is warm and responsive and sincere. • They have more potential for social, marital and occupational success • Attractive individuals are believed to be more sensitive, more kind, interesting, strong, poised, sociable, outgoing and exciting.
- 46. More Productive • Peoplewho are better looking may also be more productive because if you grow up attractive you’re more likely to develop self confidence and social skills. • They are high achievers
- 47. Beautiful People aremore Perfect • Beautiful People are more Perfect in much of the other areas • Beautiful people make other things beauty and do things beautifully and perfectly • They are more perfect in every aspect of life
- 48. Attractive Women aremore Feminine •Attractive women are seen as being more feminine than unattractive women
- 49. Beauty is Infectious •Othersmay imitate, reproduce and try to become beauty when they associate with beautiful people
- 50. Good Behaviour •We havebeen conditioned to expect good behaviour and performance from attractive persons •And we may think we get it
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- 52. Good Look Doesn’tAlways Guarantee Happiness • A pretty face many smooth you path through life, it doesn’t guarantee emotional happiness. • Physically beautiful people are not always as happier/healthier
- 53. Glamour's People • Accordingto research findings good looking people are often – Snobbish – Vatic – Materialistic – Likely to be more unfaithful – They leave fewer frauds – Pestered by admirers – Rumors
- 54. Misuse/Manipulate • Attractive peopletend to misuse or manipulate
- 55. Too Attractive May Hamper/TheirCareer •Being good-looking rather than stunning, being too attractive can actually hamper career •Good looks may lead to unflattering rumors •Good looking people are get affected by bad rumors
- 56. Capability Suspected • Studyshowed that attractive managers of both sexes are often judged as less capable than their less attractive colleagues. • They were suspected they’d cruised up the company ladder not because of hard work, but because of their looks and easy social charm.
- 57. Less Confidence • Peoplehave less confidence in attractive attractive people • A confident boss will look for other confident people • Bosses who are really under confident often hire yes-men and women. • They may even hire less attractive people as they feel they can dominate them
- 58. Lonely • They arelonely • Cut off from the rest of the world
- 59. Problem of Protection •Beautiful people have to protect themselves from others • This will give problem to parents, husbands, family members and the person concerned also
- 60. Beauty for Sales •Beautiful people dragged into beauty business, prostitutes
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- 62. It is Subjective •The transformation comes over when we like or love someone • Average people become charming after falling in love • Love is blind. When you look though the eyes of love they automatically become attractive
- 63. Context • Beauty cannotbe measured in lab. • It is purely on how we look • The appearance depends on the context • We size up a lot more than their look
- 64. Liking and Look •When you like someone they automatically become attractive
- 65. Self Fulfilling • Goodlooking people are treated well • They feel good and become good people they become self confident out going and pleasant.
- 66. Chicken and EggLogic •Look film stars as unknown
- 67. Photo Experiment 1. PhotoExperiment – Man expected the beautiful woman to be interesting even before the talk – Vice Versa 2. Chat Experiment – 60 years old – Withdrawn
- 68. Context • Non-supermodels shouldn’tgive up hopes, though. • Beauty or attractiveness can’t be measured in the psychology lab, or even purely on hw a person looks. • We look at a person, we size up a lot more than their looks. • The impact of a person’s appearance depends on the context,
- 69. Self Presentation • Whereall things are equal and only a person’s looks make a difference • It appear that looks make a great deal of difference to your life
- 70. Subjective • Transformation comesover people we love? • Once you get to know his charming personality and fall in love., he seems more handsome
- 71. Love is Blind •Basically, you’re ‘looking through the eyes of love’ once you like someone, they automatically become more attractive to you
- 72. Attractiveness Cycle • There’sa self fulfilling prophecy about good looks • If you’ve been treated well your whole life because you’re pretty • As a result You are going to be more self-confident outgoing and pleasant • And it might be these qualities, as much as your looks, that draw people to you
- 73. Chicken and EggSituation 1/2 • A chicken-and-egg logic also plays its part. • Just as we tend to think an attractive person must also be successful • They become more attractive in our eyes • If you meet stars as unknowns look like skinny twits with big noses.
- 74. Chicken and EggSituation 2/2 • But a few hits later and that thinness transforms into edgy intensity, and we decide their big noses give them character
- 75. Experiments 1/3 • Researchersasked men to phone several anonymous women, and give them photographs of the women for reference • Some of the photos showed stunning women, other were plain. • What men didn’t know was that all the photos were fake
- 76. Experiments 2/3 • Menexpected the beautiful women to be more interesting, even before they picked up the phone. • The plain ones were expected to be dull and that’s how the men rated the conversations afterwards • When the researchers played tapes of the talks back
- 77. Experiments 3/3 • Thefound the women who were treated as beautiful got such positive feed back they became more interesting. • Those treated as plain quickly lost confidence and acted withdrawn and awkward.
- 78. Not just aPretty Face • Context • Self Presentation • Subjective • Love is Blind
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- 80. CHARACTERISTICS OF GOOD LOOKS •Appearance • Health, Personal Hygiene, • Physical vigor, Energy • Mental Energy, • Inner Beauty, • Emotional Stability, • Care, Understanding, Social Skill • Self confidence, • Personal Value, Character, • Achievement, • Spirituality, Concern for Others
- 81. Physical Appearance • PhysicalAttractiveness, • Physical Perfection of Body, • Appearance • Personal Hygiene
- 82. Physical Attractions •Perfection ofBody •Face
- 83. Face Beauty • Whatmakes face beautiful • Most beautiful woman – Have high check bone – Large eyes (relative to the size of the face than the average shape • Thinner Jaw, Finer Jaw • A shorter distance between the mouth and chine and nose • Forehead nose and mouth
- 84. Attractive Facial Features Signatures •SexualMaturity •Fertility •Cuteness •Expressiveness or cuteness
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- 86. Physical Appearance •Clothes, Attire,Dress Code – We tailored, well fitting suit will make a good impression – Freshly laundered spotless and wrinkle-free every day – Appropriateness, Physical appearance can indicate Carefulness of other areas
- 87. Physical Appearance Contd.. –Scarves, Ties, Belts, Jewellary, Glasses (Eyeglass frames appropriate for various face shapes) – Follow popular guides published on this subject. – E.g. Dress for Success by T Molloy
- 88. Physical Appearance Contd •You Are What You Wear by William Thourby – Colour – Psychology of Colour – Colour has a language of its own. Each colour communicate moods, feeling and emotions. Meet your colour consultants or read books on colour – Your complexion and colour
- 89. Personal Hygiene •Body cleanness,teeth, fresh breath are very important. •Hair, finger nails should be clean
- 90. Strength and PhysicalFitness, Physical Vigor, Energy • Physical fitness or lack of it affects your life. • When your body is not fit and mind is not alert. • You prcrastinatinate instead of acting decisively. • When you look well you convey a maturity, a confidence and a capability
- 91. Posture • The strongnonverbal impact conveyed by good posture should be sufficient motivation for most people. • One of the way of mental quality is communicated is through your bodily movement and posture.
- 92. Good Posture • Goodposture can work wonders. It will – Improve your figure, project your image – Make you feel alert – Make you healthier – Allow you to work efficiently
- 93. Physical Poise • Physicalpoise is smoothness and grace of movement • It is sitting down in a chair with a fluid motion • It is ascending and descending stairs with ease • It is reaching across a desk in an unbroken movement
- 94. Poise • One ofthe reward of physical fitness is poise – meaning – balance, stability, dignity, charm and spontaneity. • Poise has two separate meaning » Physical Poise » Mental Poise
- 95. Mental Poise •Mental Poiseis the confident of knowing you are the best you can be. When you know you look good you become more outgoing. •Mental poise is the assurance of looking and feeling good.
- 96. Physical Appearance • Clothes,Attire, Dress • We tailored, well fitting suit will make a good impression – Freshly laundered spotless and wrinkle- free every day – Appropriateness, • Physical appearance can indicate Carefulness of other areas
- 97. Health and Energy •Strength, • Health, • Physical vigor, • Energy
- 98. Mental Power • MentalEnergy, • Power, • Intelligence,
- 99. Inner Power • InnerBeauty, • Inner Power, • Warmth, • Balance, • Stability
- 100. Emotional Fitness • EmotionalStability,
- 101. Social Fitness • Relationship •Care • Understanding, • Social Skill
- 102. Self Confidence • Selfconfidence, • Self Esteem, • Assertiveness
- 103. Personal Values andPrinciples • Personal Value, • Character, • Personal qualities
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- 105. Spirituality • Spirituality, • Concernfor Others, • Be yourself, • Be Natural
- 106. Beauty not justa Pretty Face • Non-super models should not give up hopes • Beauty depends on how you feel about yourself. • It makes a personal style and beauty • Beauty is a question of using your natural assets • It is your personality • If you feel good you look good • All models are doing that
- 107. Final Note • Youdon’t have to be naturally beautiful, but you can make the most of your self and be strong, confident and interesting
- 108. Part Seven How toBecome More Attractive
- 109. HOW TO BECOMEMORE ATTRACTIVE..(1/3) Take care of following Five Areas of Wellness:- 1. Physical: 2. Mental: 3. Emotional: 4. Social : 5. Spiritual:
- 110. Physical 1. Healthy food, 2.healthy habits, 3. healthy life style, 4. Body care , 5. exercise, 6. relaxation
- 111. MENTAL • Improve yourmental skills, • memory, • Concentration, • knowledge, • language
- 112. EMOTIONAL • Develop &express positive emotion appropriately, • minimize negative emotion
- 113. SOCIAL • Love, • concern, •Care for others, • Enjoying in giving and receiving love
- 114. SPRITUAL • Love forGod, • Nature and Environment
- 115. HOW TO BECOMEMORE ATTRACTIVE..(2/3) Eight Self-Development areas for Good Looks 1. Knowledge 2. Attitudes 3. Money 4. Skills Habits Values Growth Presentation
- 116. HOW TO BECOMEMORE ATTRACTIVE • Knowledge • Education • Career advancement, • Growth • Integration of knowledge • Work
- 117. Developing Healthy Attitudes • Developingpositive attitudes • Self confidence
- 118. Earn and AcquireWealth • Improving financial strength stability, • Earnings • Savings • Wealth
- 119. Developing Skills • Developingskills - social, • Communication, • Listening, • Computing
- 120. Learn Successful Habits •Learning successful habits • Your dress • Mannerism • Style • Voice
- 121. Follow a ValueSystem • Developing life principles • Values and goals
- 122. Continuous Improvement • Continuousimprovement in achievement • Performance in life
- 123. Presenting Yourself • ImprovingYour dress, mannerism, style, voice • Repetition ???????????????
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- 125. Personal Presentation • 95%of executives and personnel directors agreed personal presentation was important • You must have an edge to get a good job
- 126. How to PresentYourself • Men expected the beautiful women to be more interesting, even before they picked up the phone. • The plain ones were expected to be dull and that’s how the men rated the conversations afterwards • When the researchers played tapes of the talks back
- 127. How to PresentYourself • When it comes to success (in work and love), how you present yourself is important than having model looks • Grooming is a vital part of this • Dressing to suit your figure and choosing a great hairstyle shows you value yourself and expect others to well
- 128. First Impression 1/2 •The importance of first impressions and one-time interactions between people is increasing • More frequently interact with strangers, we more often judge others and are judged ourselves on the basis of first impressions that never get a chance to be corrected
- 129. First Impression 1/2 •One these impressions are made, they are very difficult to overcome • Even if interaction continues, initial impressions set the course for what happens later
- 130. Society is likea Mirror • When it comes to attractiveness and success, society is like a mirror-it reflects the image you put out. • So if you see yourself(and present yourself) as attractive, witty, sexy and successful, so will the reset of the world
- 131. Enhancing Beauty • Customersand other devices to enhance our appearances • News announcers and hosts are chosen on the basis of their physical appearances • When they pan the football crowd or the studio audience the camera stops and focuses on an attractive person
- 132. Self Presentation • Manner •Dress • Mannerism – Polite Manners, courtesy – being aware of other person’s feeling • Style • Voice
- 133. Final Note • Youdon’t have to be naturally beautiful, but you can make the most of your self and be strong, confident and interesting
- 134. CONCLUSION 1/3 • Goodlook is not physical attraction /perfection alone • The greater impact of beauty depends on inside beauty • It is subjective ; all are beautiful in someway • It is a gift from God can be enhanced if not maintained
- 135. CONCLUSION 2/3 • Youcan earn and learn to become beautiful • Age is immaterial.Growth and development with age enhance beauty • If you work you will get it - Many of us are not working for it. • Successful people are good looking people.Good looking people are successful people (circular effect) • Maturity and experience enhance beauty and sexual attraction
- 136. CONCLUSION 3/3 •You don’thave to be born beautiful but you can make yourself attractive , stronger and happier by caring and looking after yourself •Good Appearance is vital for Successful and Happy life.
- 137. SUMMARY OF TOPICS COVERED •Introduction and Objectives • The Advantages Good Looks • The Disadvantages of Good Looks • Characteristics of Good Looks • How to improve our Look • Conclusion
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