30 Seconds to Fame



Title of this post is same as "Realty Show for Talent Display" on Fox TV - In India it comes on one of the channels that I don't remember the name.

On this show, performers will have 30 seconds to impress an audience and a panel of judges with their skills. Each week's winner will win a cash prize of $25,000. Another intersesting thing that happens is that studio audience can vote the contestant out even before 30 seconds are over if they don't really like the performance or contestant. And believe me, 30% cases, contestants are voted out even before 30 seconds.

It is really interesting and intriguing concept but at the same time a scary proposition if you link it to the real world scenarios where you are possibly judged "thumbs-up" or "thumbs-down" probably within first 30 seconds of you meeting someone, within 30 seconds of you conducting trainings/sessions/presentations, within 30 seconds of you meeting a date, within 30 seconds of talking to someone on phone, within 30 seconds of someone reading your email or for that matter reading this blog-post :).

What is it in first 30 seconds ? Do we all make an opinion about a person within first 30 seconds of knowing the person. The phrase that they taught us in school may sound cliched but seems kind of true - "First Impression is Last Impression".

Next time, when you have to go and impress someone, keep this in mind that how you do in your first 30 seconds is what really matters. If you are not doing well, in your audience's view you have already been voted out by their voting pads.

All the best !

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