This is the last post of the 3×3 challenge that Cloudio and I put together to experiment with writing, always selecting random subjects and inventing strange rules.<\/p>\n
It has been so much fun that Cloudio decided to set as a rule to condensate the last 3 articles in a single one, but of 333×3=999 words instead of the standard (for me, not for him apparently) 333 words format.<\/p>\n
We believe that the 333 words format will become the de facto<\/em>\u00a0standard in the blogosphere, as Google Ranking algorithm responded extremely well to our posts and ranked our blogs very very high in the search result pages.<\/p>\n From my side, I decided to challenge Cloudio with this subject.<\/p>\n “What I appreciate in people” is not an easy one because both me and him are quite critical and have the “natural” tendency of see more the bad things than the good things in whomever we meet.<\/p>\n I keep on telling myself how great would be if I could stop judging people, but I can’t! I noticed that the older I grow, the more\u00a0I find difficult to find people I really appreciate.<\/p>\n On one side, became very easy for me to notice the things that I don’t appreciate, and I lower my level of tolerance towards them.<\/p>\n On the other side, I follow my own path and process to be where I’m now, leaving behind a lot of assumptions, dogmas, clich\u00e9 and finding them in other people make me loose interest immediately.<\/p>\n But OK, this post is about what I appreciate in people and now about what I dislike so let’s focus on that.<\/p>\n Being this a 3×3 challenge, I specially appreciate 3 things in the people around me:\u00a0genuineness, courage, life experiences.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n I think being genuine is the gate to prosperity and\u00a0fulfillment. Being genuine is not easy because it struggle with the “please everyone” approach. To please everyone we present our self to other people wearing a “mask” that we think they will like.<\/p>\n I suspect that the real reason why football is so popular has more to do with providing a common discussion topic than about the sport itself.<\/p>\n You like football? me too! WOW we click.<\/p>\n Unfortunately I never liked football but this didn’t make me more genuine, because I’m empathetic (meaning\u00a0the capacity to recognize and, to some extent, share feelings (such as sadness or happiness) that are being experienced by another\u00a0sentient<\/a>\u00a0or semi-sentient being). This made the way to genuineness particularly difficult for me, but when you less expect my biggest passion, Salsa, comes in the play to rescue me.<\/p>\n When you’re dancing, you can’t be anyone else than you.<\/em><\/p>\n Yes, you can emulate your favorite dancer, like I tried to emulate for long time Fermando Sosa, but ultimately is still you showing your genuinely limited skills.<\/p>\n
\nDo you know how I can stop being\u00a0judgmental?<\/p>\nGenuineness<\/h2>\n
\nThe famous\u00a0\u201cBe yourself; everyone else is already taken.\u201d quote from\u00a0Oscar Wilde<\/a>\u00a0has much more\u00a0charm\u00a0for me than “The Picture of Dorian Gray”.<\/p>\n
\nThe necessity of connect with people made me create multiple Daniele’s versions to match the different people around me.<\/p>\n