25 Years: Ok, I’ll reflect

Today, I think I’ll start telling people how old I am.  I mean, I think 25 is respectable…isn’t it?  Not that I haven’t been respectable before now, in fact, I’ve always fancied myself to be a helluva guy (that’s the narcissist in me), but before today, when I was 24, or 23…or even when I first became a sales rep and I was 22.  I felt like I had to hide my age, or I "won’t get no respect."

But since this blog has a massive following, of at LEAST 3 readers, I think I’ll go ahead and make a list of 25 things…well, I’m not really sure what these are, but there will be 25 of them.  So here goes:

1. Respect.  Aretha knew what she was talking about.  It’s everything.  Respect people.  Give them the same common courtesy that you would want.
2. As awesome as Halo3, Rock Band, Wii Sports, and World of Warcraft may be, nothing has ever topped Mario 3 for NES.  And nothing ever will.
3. Selflessness is important, and hard.
4. Sales can be the easiest job in the whole company.  It can also be the hardest…often times it can switch with little notice.
5. Sure, twitter may be a flash in the pan, and in 10 years I’ll look back and laugh…but it’s still really addicting and fun right now.
6. Love = Selflessness.  For more on Selflessness, see #3.
7. Marriage  (part A)= Great.  And so much different than I imagined it would be–but so much better too.
8. Marriage (part B)= Having someone so close to you is like an unescapable mirror that always tells the truth.  You can hide yourself from the rest of the world, but your spouse knows the true you–and they still love you.
9. Ok, I’m back on respect–but specifically in sales.  Have you ever been "pitched" to by someone who seemed to have an attitude like you were barely worth their time? …if you want to earn my business.
10. Networking is great, but go for quality over quantity (a little of both won’t hurt).
11. Exercise is good.  I am a strong supporter, and I really admire those who do it.

Ok…I failed to come up with 25 things–but not because I don’t have 25 important things, just because I’m lazy.  This is only ten things (or is it eleven…my "1,2,3…" seems to have been replaced with strange punctuation marks?).  It’s the end of the work day on my 25th birthday, and I think I’ll cut out 5 minutes early to have some dinner with the fam.