- For starters, I believe that I am a very analytical person who can dissect certain things or even people and figure out why they work the way in which they do.
- I am also very ambitious, and although I can be lazy I am ambitious enough to overcome it. A lot of what I am currently doing involves overcoming my laziness so I can try to achieve the lofty goals and expectations that I have set for myself.
- I can be very idealistic. Although some can view that as a negative (I did too), I think I have the ability to reconcile that with the reality of whatever situation that I am in. That is to say that I can manipulate my ideals and hopes to succeed within the confines of reality and my current limits.
- I can convince myself to do a lot of things knowing that I will probably fail because of how much I am now starting to value experience. I believe that the best and most efficient way to learn is to gain experience which is why I am a staunch supporter of performing new activities to gain experience.
- I think that I am emotionally very resilient precisely because I was once extremely sensitive and basically thought myself how to have a thicker skin. I feel that this will eventually help me get over my fear of failure because that is something that I am not used to and I know that I can't always be succeeding.
The consensus among my friends seems to be that I am motivated and mostly self reliant. I was also told that I am very analytical and am able to emotionally distance myself from certain situations so that I may be able to make the correct decision. I was surprised to hear that I am not afraid to take criticism, it is something which I would say about myself but I did not realize that other people felt the same way. Another surprising thing to hear was that I am not as affected by peer pressure as other people may be. Growing up, I would always try and resist doing something just because everyone else was doing it but I had not realized that this became clear to everyone else. I think the list is accurate with the exception that people are more perceptive of me than I would think.
Hey!
ReplyDeleteYour thoughts on being idealistic are very interesting. I can see how people may view that as negative or confining, but if you use that trait to your advantage I believe that you are able to see further than others in certain situations. The combination of motivation and self-reliance is a great combination as well. You have the ability to overcome obstacles that others are not able to.
Hey Coffy,
ReplyDeleteI think being an idealist is really important, and it doesn't mean that you don't branch out of your comfort zone or anything. Like you said, you just are able to come to terms with things and accept situations as they come which many others are not able to do, including myself. Having thick skin is great too, because we live with so many other people it is inevitable that other people will not share ideas with you and think negatively of you. Go you man keep up the good work.