Do you practice what you preach?
Nothing is more of a turn off than someone who doesn’t practice what they preach.
I’m sure we’ve all met people like this, but let me give you some examples. I know a guy who works in health care, and he is very pleasant when speaking with patients. He reassures them, goes out of his way to make sure they are happy and comfortable, and even goes above and beyond what is required. Without fail however, when out of the patient’s earshot he will proceed to whine and complain about those same patients for any reason at all: he may not like their mannerism, their questions, their clothes.. In other words, he’s a fake. He doesn’t really care about them, or else he wouldn’t whinge about them! The problem with this sort of person is you tend to become wary of them in normal conversation – in the back of your mind is, “is this guy being honest, or is he (more…)
