Things I Really...

I'm going to create a new feature to my posts called, "Things I Really..." and it will consist of hopefully new and interesting material. Today, it's going to be "Things I Really Admire About People".. ok let's begin!

Things I really admire about people:

-well-written articles by journalists and reporters. I'm talking about the kind that can draw any reader into reading & finishing an article about the most obscure or unappealing topic. If they can make me smile while reading.. consider me smitten.
-people who take the time to pay attention to details and followup. FOLLOWUP is the most important and distinguishing trait a person can possess. It applies in building relations with people, your job, and boosting your credibility. Most people cannot return a call/text within a proper timeframe to save their life. Let me clarify this right now: Just because you return a call/text hours or days later does not mean you're a "super busy" or "important" person. No. It means you're fucking inconsiderate and you don't give two shits about me. How do I know this? Because I do that. Let's face it: you know when you don't return a call/text within 2 hours it's not because you're so fucking busy.. it's because that person isn't that important enough to you. (This excludes lost/misplaced phone and dead battery and hungover moments). A former supervisor of mine once told me that if you return a client's call within a quick space of time, you will be remembered for it.
-discipline. I don't have it so I like to surround myself with those who do possess this rare quality.
-open-minded people. If you can try and understand another person's situation or be open to vulnerability, you will 97% of the time come out of anything as a stronger & smarter person. Truth.
-those who can separate business from personal. This can apply to anything like religion, politics, etc. I'm a fuckin Democrat (I don't agree on everything we democrats supposedly preach), but I got friends who are Republicans and yeah I don't see eye-to-eye on a lot of shit. But you know what, in the end I like that we can put it aside and just be friends. What's important when choosing who you keep as friends, aren't their views on trivial topics, but their view on you. I'd rather much hang out with people who hate Obama, but respect me than hang out with assholes who talk shit about me behind my back.

I think I'll be doing another "Things I Really.." post soon :]