I am impressed by friendliness, kindness, good conversation.
I’m most impressed by the way someone will listen to another person. A child, a stranger, a song or a movie. Everyone has a story to tell, and listening to them is the best education a person can get.
I have a friend who always talked about money and real estate. He was always trying to impress others with his knowledge about finances. One day I told him that his financial knowledge did not impress me. However, "the fact that you are a single parent and raised your son without any help from his mother is impressive." And he lived in a rough neighborhood.
I'm sometimes impressed by the amount of money someone has.
Especially if the money was acquired in a most unusual way. I like to hear the stories behind it.
First impressions are at the gut level and instanaeous and mysterious too. I don't know what causes them. I react to people instinctively.
The money they don't make and how they get thriugh