Mark Senatori
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Credit Analyst at Wells Fargo (company) 2017-present
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Short answer: No it won't help you.
For starters, you are not "extremely short" at 5' 7" even myself at 5'4" am not extremely short. All short men at one point or another wished they were just a little bit taller.
At 27, l've learned wishing myself taller and trying to be something that I am not is a bane endeavor that makes my life harder, more awkward, and even less happy.
Here's my experience not embracingy height:
I wore shoes with two inch soles but felt they looked stupid and I felt even more insecure and less "normal"
I cheated my height as little as a half inch on dating profiles. On the dates themselves I was insecure my date would notice and I couldn't focus on my date or enjoy myself.
At work or school thinking about my height would just distract from the task at hand.
Once I embraced my height my experience was much different and I focused on things I could control:
I work in banking, a field where appearance is important. At work I focus one what matters: performance. I have had substantial raises and rival compensation of those with 5x the experience. Also being generally likeable yet assertive and knowledgeable in your relavent skill set makes a difference. You can be a prick and hard to work with and you just won't see success whether your a short one or tall one. Height has no influence.
I've gone on dates with dimes that were taller, in fact substantially taller than me in heals. I take them to nice venues. Treat them right. I focus on making my date comfortable and that she has a good time.
Walking into the venue I know some folks might notice it's unusual that l'm substantially shorter but guess what, I give no F***s sice I'm the one with the gorgeous date that evening.
I wear shoes I like. Nice leather venetian loafers or clean crisp sneakers. They typically have thin soles.
And I feel great in them.
One important thing that makes a huge difference in appearing more normal (and of course more attractive to women) is posture. Straight back and neck and head up. I can wear whatever I want and feel good and more so with good posture.
Everyone needs to figure out how to get comfortable in their own skin, I dont know how I did it, perhaps just time, hard work, and a series of successes built up my confidence. So just be you and live life man.
Edit: Side note, in terms of dating as a short man, would being an average male height of 5'9" be helpful? Absolutely. Plenty of women are looking for that picture perfect tall prince charming. But if you aren't 5'9" focus on your other traits and qualities that might be attractive. While being a short guy limits your options to an extent, there are still plenty of fish in the sea that aren't looking for Mr. Sixfooter.
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