Impress yourself

Stop trying to be impressive.  No one is buying it.  Here's the deal.  If someone is going to be impressed by you, they're going to feel that way whether you try to impress them or not.  And if they're not going to be impressed by you, they're going to feel that way whether you try to impress them or not.

We spend so much time worrying about what other people think about us, and trying to impress them.  Maybe what we should be focusing on is being impressive to ourselves.  Think about it.  Who do you wake up with every morning and go to bed with every night?  Who is the one person who you can't get away from?  Your own opinions about yourself are what really shape your personality, and that is what other people see.

If you are doing things that are impressive to yourself, that will translate into self-confidence.  And few things are more attractive to others than self-confidence.  If you don't really feel like you're good at anything, then why would anyone else be impressed with you?

So pick something that you want to be good at.  Maybe it's work related, or maybe it's physical, like running a 10K or a half-marathon.  Maybe you want to learn to play a song on the guitar.  Whatever sparks some feeling in you, go with it.  Make a plan.  Invest the time in it.  Achieve your goal, and see how good you feel about yourself.  You don't need to go around bragging about what you did; just know that you did it at feel proud of yourself.

When you have set a goal, then worked to achieve it, you will feel great about yourself once you complete it.  And if you can truly feel impressed at what you accomplished, then you have impressed the one person whose opinion about you matters the most.