Friday, October 20, 2017

Whats Your Secret Sauce?

Five ways I think I have Human Capital:
  1. Good Listener: I genuinely feel that when someone is talking to me, I am listening. I learned once that proper communication is not to think of what your going to say next, before you've listened carefully to what the other person has to say. I think this is fairly important when it comes to learning about people and successfully communicating ideas. 
  2. Empathetic: I think I am very understanding of people's feelings and emotions, and can see things from their perspective, helping me figure out ways I could help them if help is needed.
  3. Open Minded: I am fairly open-minded when it comes to doing things. I tend to just do go with whatever comes up and if it doesn't work out, i'll either learn from the mistake or move on.
  4. Patient: I think I am very patient with all things in life. While I grew up with a want for instant gratification, I have since learned to be realistic, and that there is no reason to rush things and stress over not being on-time. This is also where I become a procrastinator, but with many things, it is better to keep a steady pace.
  5. Honest: I am honest about who I am, and what I am thinking. I don't believe I would lie to gain success, and while this may be naive, I think it is important. This also ties to the idea that I am loyal, and respectful of those who I am working for and with.
Interviews: Interviews

Dad: In short my dad says I am honest and empathetic, hardworking, and intelligent. In terms of things I should improve he believes I am a little lazy at times and a procrastinator.

Grandpa: My grandpa just in general believes that I have a lot of potential, but that I have not used my full potential. He doesn't say it explicitly, but he also thinks I am lazy.

Hannah (Cousin): My cousin can agree that I am honest and patient, and thinks am am intelligent when it comes to certain things such as math. She also says, however, that I am a procrastinator.

Mom: My mom says some of the same things as my dad including that I am empathetic and kind, but she believes I am disrespectful sometimes(mostly a mom thing), and also a procrastinator.

Noah (Brother): My brother sometimes struggles to say nice things about a person, so he has mostly bad things to say including that I am lazy, unreliable, and simply an average person. He doesn't exactly think I am honest, but he can at least agree that I am patient. 

Reflection: These interviews were somewhat difficult to acquire because both my brother and cousin don't take me seriously and they are only helpful at revealing what I'm bad at. They did agree that I was patient and honest. My grandpa has always taught me that I have a lot of potential, which he says is an aspect of human capital. However I don't utilize my full potential according to him, and while I think this is partially true, I am also still figuring out what I'm doing with my life. My parents obviously know me the best, because they have raised me since I was born. They are generous with praise, but I think one thing all of the people who know me can agree on is that I procrastinate a lot.

Overall I think they are slightly correct, but that my family doesn't know me as well as I know myself, or I just come off as different than I see myself. I would not correct my original list because I believe it is accurate.

2 comments:

  1. Owen,

    I really like your secret sauce post and I feel like you were able to describe yourself really well with good characteristics. It was good that you were able to interview people that are really close to you because they really do know you the best. Within the interviews it was good to see that you were able to have some of your attributes backed up and also learn new ones about yourself.

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  2. Hey Owen,

    I think that you have some great human capital listed on your post. I enjoyed what you had to say about your empathy and being a good listener and I believe that these can take you far in whatever you choose to do with your life. I think that it is interesting that no one impacted you to change your list but I can see your justification. I know that some things were brought to my attention that I didn’t see in myself which I thought was quite interesting.

    Thanks, Zach L.

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