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It's weird, most of my personality traits that were liabilities going through school have become massive assets in the workforce. I only hung onto those traits
by 6gvONxR4sf7o 6y ago
It's weird, most of my personality traits that were liabilities going through school have become massive assets in the workforce. I only hung onto those traits through sheer stubbornness, despite the school system's continuous efforts to stamp them out.
- giantg2 6y agoI'm stubborn too. I find my traits are still working against me. Neither bosses nor professors like their mistakes being called out. And it seems being well networked or making a good impression is more important than actual work or results (you're better off with the abilities to build junk and sell junk, than with the abilities to build good stuff and sell nothing)
- 6gvONxR4sf7o 6y agoOh yeah stubbornness isn’t one of the traits I meant as good. I only meant that stubbornness is all that allowed me to keep certain good traits from being stamped out. It can just as easily (and in my case also sometimes has) prevented some bad traits from being stamped out. So I need to consciously go way overboard with “I could just as well be wrong” to balance out my natural stubbornness.
- giantg2 6y agoI wasn't talking about my stubbornness being a good trait. It's hurt more than helped, of that I'm sure. The traits that hurt me in school still hurt me today. Like not being afraid to voice a minority opinion. Or correcting the boss/professor. Or having a strong adherence to the rules/policies and holding people/institutions to their word. Thinking outside the box or being more independent.