Your behavior dominates how people see you, trust you and interact with you.

Your behavior drives other people’s perception of you. Maya Angelou said is perfectly:

“Remember, people will judge you by your actions not your intentions.
You may have a heart of gold but so does a hard-boiled egg.”

So, in addition to your behavior shaping your perception of others, you also have to take into account your own filters. These filters further shape your perception without you even noticing, and often you use these filters to judge others. Which filing box we choose to put people in, depends on what we see, hear and feel when we observe their behaviour. Yet our understanding of what we see varies greatly based on own personal filters.

What is your filter?