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Signs Can Tell You Who People Are

I was going to write out a long story, using a group of ten people who must carry twenty-five rocks from point A to point B. The rocks would have been of varying sizes and the people who have been of varying strengths. The other variable would have been when the people arrived to help. I think you can all see where this is going, but as I started to write it, I started thinking about other things that predetermine who these people are and how they'd approach this task. There are indeed more variables, but I started thinking about how we can tell major character traits about ourselves, the people around us at home, work, and in society, by the little things they do. The real difference with this blog will be, I will not describe what the traits are based on these things. Those who read it are free to think of those they know and attach their own traits, but if you do read it, think about it and think about the behavior. Is there a correlation with the act and other behaviors that are not attached to that specific act?

Hitting the snooze button
People who take time to greet everyone at the beginning of the day
How someone opens their mail
People who eat the last "doughnut"
The amount of cologne in connection with someone's destination
The amount of time someone takes to get in and/or out of their winter clothes
People who walk in late to work with hot coffee/food
Notetaking, when notetaking isn't the norm
People who are often leaving and coming back into a room
Repeating what another says (often a superior) during group conversations
Add a personal story to an impersonal conversation
Over/underdress for the situation
How one uses pleasantries
Reaction to others' pain/suffering/accidents
Reaction to others' joy/elation/achievements
Presence






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