I would have to say that my best “hat” would have to be an artist. It can be hard for me to figure out the initial idea out, but once I have something to work with I can do a lot with it. I try to figure out any way there is to look at an idea. Then I’ll work on the one that I think other people might have missed. If what I do doesn’t exactly work then it’s easy for me to just alter it until it does what I want or works the right way.
If there is an idea that I enjoy or want to know more about then I’ll try to figure it out the best I can. I also enjoy trying to get others interested and involved with things I find to be interesting. I’ll follow the idea until I can figure it out. The problem I can have is when I follow something to much or for to long and it doesn’t go anywhere. That is the warrior personality in me.
The explorer is another trait I can have trouble with at times. Once I have a good grasp of an idea I can run with it and manipulate it, but coming up with that original idea can be hard for me. Every so often I’ll get something great but it’s not often.
Judging myself or anyone else’s work can be another problem for me to do as well. For some reason rating myself I always feel like someone else could do a better job because they get an outside perspective of whatever I’m working on. When people ask questions like “tell me a little bit about yourself” or “how would you rate your work” it’s hard for me to answer. Rating a singular person or their work is hard because if I have nothing to rate against then it feels like I’m going to easy or hard on them.
The hardest part out off all of these personalities is when to use what, there are times when i’ll just follow something to much or just plow through a project when it would have been much better if I was to slow down and think things over more. Another thing I tend to do is try to be to creative and spend to much time trying to be original when it would be better to be practical. The best thing for me to do is step back every once in a while to make sure I’m going in the direction I should be.
September 3, 2008 at 7:50 pm |
I find it interesting how what you have written is almost exactly opposite of what I have written. We would probably be a good team seeing as how I feel that I am more of a warrior/explorer and you are an artist. We would most likely be able to easily build off of each others ideas and make them better.
September 7, 2008 at 2:04 pm |
Andrew, I see you have a little problem with wearing the judge hat. I could build on your weakness, as I am a more of a judge/warrior and I struggle being an artist. Laurence, You could help me with my difficulty as an explorer and you could benefit from my characteristics as a judge as well. We both have the characteristic of a warrior, but there’s nothing wrong with a little more action being done.