The title seem vague right? Today I went for a very long walk with a dear friend of mine. While walking we were discussing certain issues related to our lives. She has a very unique attitude towards life. I don't remember how, but the topic of appearance came up!! We were discussing about people and their first judgement through a photograph..
I totally feel that if you are judging a person just by the way he/she looks, you are making a mistake. I know the face/eyes depict certain characteristics like decency, but not always!! What if the person who took the photograph, couldn't do a good job??
Then she gave me an example of a book. Unless the cover or name is not attractive, you won't even go closer to that book. Then you read the back page. Then you decide whether you want to or not want to buy it.You might not even like the book once you start reading, but atleast you started the reading with the book!
The discussion then lead to marketing, packaging and stuff. I remember a friend of mine always says, "Its all about packaging". I do not agree with him at all. Its not about packaging always, I won't deny that that there is a certain amount of packaging or presentation necessary. But it is not the only packaging.
My mother always says, it is very important that you serve well, whatever you have cooked.But that is not the only important thing. Serving is beautifully is important but that does not mean that you can cook anything. The food needs to be delicious.
Back to the discussion of the walk. My friend then told me about how her cousin lost a lot of weight to get married. It is a harsh reality that people still give first preference to the looks!! I don't understand how does one base a decision on just looks. Isn't marriage about meeting your soulmate?
I still strongly feel that even we, "the educated people" need to think about it. I am not saying packaging or presentation is important, rather people who know me well will surely say that I will be the one to look into presentation details! What my point is lets not get carried by the presentation, and lets look inside. Lets look deeper..
I totally feel that if you are judging a person just by the way he/she looks, you are making a mistake. I know the face/eyes depict certain characteristics like decency, but not always!! What if the person who took the photograph, couldn't do a good job??
Then she gave me an example of a book. Unless the cover or name is not attractive, you won't even go closer to that book. Then you read the back page. Then you decide whether you want to or not want to buy it.You might not even like the book once you start reading, but atleast you started the reading with the book!
The discussion then lead to marketing, packaging and stuff. I remember a friend of mine always says, "Its all about packaging". I do not agree with him at all. Its not about packaging always, I won't deny that that there is a certain amount of packaging or presentation necessary. But it is not the only packaging.
My mother always says, it is very important that you serve well, whatever you have cooked.But that is not the only important thing. Serving is beautifully is important but that does not mean that you can cook anything. The food needs to be delicious.
Back to the discussion of the walk. My friend then told me about how her cousin lost a lot of weight to get married. It is a harsh reality that people still give first preference to the looks!! I don't understand how does one base a decision on just looks. Isn't marriage about meeting your soulmate?
I still strongly feel that even we, "the educated people" need to think about it. I am not saying packaging or presentation is important, rather people who know me well will surely say that I will be the one to look into presentation details! What my point is lets not get carried by the presentation, and lets look inside. Lets look deeper..
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