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The Machine Behind You

A two minute read of your opening

What will your first minute make them notice?

Tell First 60 who you are meeting, what you want, and what you fear they already think.

Get one thing to lead with. One thing to leave out. One question to ask before the first minute is over.

Three short inputs. No signup. Direction, not a script.

How it reads you

It looks for the gap between what you want from the meeting and what you fear the other person has already decided. That gap is where most openings go wrong. You explain too much, defend too early, or bury the ask.

It names the pattern in your opening, then gives three directions. Every line points back to your own words, and the page shows which words it used.

People can form impressions fast. Brief behavior can shape evaluations. Early patterns in a conversation can relate to how a negotiation ends. Good questions can make a person feel heard.

First 60 is a preparation tool informed by that research. Its prompts and its sixty second format have not been scientifically validated, and it cannot predict what another person will think or how a meeting will end. What the studies found