In a study of community-dwelling persons 60 to 94 years of age, 62 percent of the subjects were found to drink alcohol, and heavy drinking was reported in 13 percent of men and 2 percent of women.8 Overall, about 6 percent of older adults are considered heavy users of alcohol.
A First Impression Says Everything. Perhaps the simplest example of the application of this rule, that everything counts, involves your image or appearance. Youâve heard it said that you never get a second chance to make a good first impression. The fact is that when you first meet a person, he makes a judgment about you in approximately four seconds, and his judgment is finalized largely within 30 seconds of the initial contact.
By Eric Wargo. Youâll never get a second chance to make a great first impression.â Weâve all heard that an interviewer, or a stranger at a party, will form an impression of you, your character, your personality â an impression that is nearly indelible â all within the first 60 seconds of meeting you.ut before you rest secure in the knowledge that at least you have a whole 1/10 of a second to make that great first impression at your next job interview, the authors acknowledge that future research may well close that window even smaller.