It is intriguing the things that people find important.

  • Timeliness
  • Being fashionably late
  • Privacy above all
  • Saying what you think, unfiltered
  • Mornings free to think uninterrupted
  • Loyalty to outcomes over people
  • Well-dressed for the occasion
  • Not caring about clothes
  • Being right
  • Setting agendas
  • Not having had a vacation in years
  • Transparency above all
  • Comfortable at all times
  • Oblivious of the needs of others
  • Discretion with personal matters
  • Creating to-do lists
  • Earning, regardless of title
  • Title, regardless of earning
  • Honesty
  • Fastidious about presentation and format
  • Flexibility
  • Sharing everything, unprompted
  • Taking the appropriate time during the day to eat a proper meal
  • Not having to stop at all for food
  • Independence from others’ opinions
  • Cleaning up
  • A clean desk
  • Loyalty to people over outcomes
  • Kindness in interactions
  • Consensus before moving forward
  • Planning each week methodically
  • Taking notes of everything
  • Setting aside time for deliberate rejuvenation
  • Serving others
  • Not having to be considerate of others
  • Meeting deadlines
  • Being liked

This has existed all through time. Preferences. Individualized. The issue is when we expect that to be everyone else’s norm. Unless we discuss it and agree on it, how is it that we will ever know?

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