[Ous-lp-rp13] EDAD 6010, Response to Answer for Question #2

[Matney, Mary]

One thing that you said that I completely connect with is where you stated that you would tell on yourself if you thought you had done anything wrong. I have done this my entire life, and while it is hard sometimes because it’s awkward and uncomfortable to admit wrong doing, it is so much better in the long run to just go ahead and be honest. That is the stuff reputations are made of—people learn to trust in those who readily acknowledge their faults much easier than someone who hides from mistakes.
I also appreciate what you said about surrounding yourself with people to discuss any issues/struggles. Bouncing ideas off of people who have the same values & beliefs as you is very important in maintaining that character you’re building.

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After looking at the personality traits, I can’t help but go back to the intersections and intertwine all of these traits. I feel as though I will identify and relate easily to three of these traits, but will need to work at and focus my attention on the other two. The three traits that I feel I will be successful in will be self-confidence, Integrity, and extroversion. Self-confidence is so important when being a leader, while not becoming too arrogant. If people see that you have confidence in your decisions and or actions, then it is going to be much easier for them to follow your lead. On the other hand, while having self-confidence, if we come across as arrogant, they will not want to follow us because they see themselves as inferior or as though we look down on them. The integrity aspect of my personality is a huge part of who I am, to the point that I will tell on myself if I feel as though I’ve done something improper or committed some sort of infraction. Integrity to me is doing the right thing when nobody is watching. If I am able to do the right thing when there is nobody around, then it will be much easier for me to do the right thing when I am around others. The extroversion aspect will come very easy for me. Being able to approach people and talk about a variety of things is simple for me to do. However, if the person I am talking to is not an extrovert like myself, then I need to be able to read those cues and fine-tune my actions.
The two traits that I believe that I will need to focus my attention on to enhance who I am as a person will be stress tolerance and emotional maturity. Both of these traits are things that I have really had to work on in the past couple of years. When I was in my early twenties and coming to the end of my undergrad, my weakness of stress tolerance really started to show itself. I wasn’t able to eat and was always worried about not doing well on assignments. My lack of emotional maturity has manifested itself throughout most of my teen and adult life. I always seemed to find myself getting offended too easy, firing back in a poor manner, and not thinking about things before saying them. Over the past couple years, with the help of Jesus and godly men in my life, I have slowly been able to begin to correct these issues. One way that I am attempting to cut down and deal with stress is by trying to stay on top of things, and when I do begin to feel a little over stressed I take it to God through prayer, and seek advice from those who I believe can help me. My emotional maturity has also started to improve over the past couple of years. Before, I would always listen to respond rather than listen to understand. Now, I am attempting to do the exact opposite. This allows me to take what the person says, process it, and formulate a response that is appropriate and applicable.

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