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hand, if people are unaware of certain negative qualities, they may not take responsibility for the effects
these negative qualities may have on others. For example, if a person is a complainer all the time, his
complaining will most likely negatively affect the moods of those around him. Without the understanding
that he is a constant complainer and that his complaining brings down his friends and co-workers, he will
never change. In another example, if a person is extremely shy, she may not want to venture far from
home, she may not want to go to college for fear of the new surroundings, she may not want to try new
things, etc. She is holding herself back because of her shyness.
Therefore, knowing who you are is important. Understanding that you are a valuable, worthwhile person
who possesses a great many positive characteristics is essential to your emotional well being. But working
on those characteristics that may prevent you from reaching your goals and developing healthy relationships
is also necessary to your future success.
You should start your
My Life Vision worksheet
for this experience by picking out some nouns or
adjectives that describe your qualities or characteristics. For example, I might pick out these nouns or
adjectives to describe some of my qualities: exaggerated, grumpy, funny, intuitive, worried, strong,
caretaker. The adjectives or nouns should be both positive and negative. Then you will develop each of
these adjectives by discussing how and why they describe you. For the adjectives or nouns that you are
not so crazy about, you should write about why you think you have these qualities—what you think makes
you the way that you are—and how these characteristic have affected your life up until this point. Then
you will discuss how you might try to make changes in those parts of yourself.
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Self-growers understand that reviewing performance as they strive for improvement is valuable.
Recognizing our gains and growth as well as areas where we still need to work is important.