After the talk Jackie gave on Personal Branding, I became interested in knowing what people thought, and what it was about me that really stood out.
I selected people who I believe know me well and asked them to list 5 things that best describe me (in their own opinion), and a short reason on why they thought so. When asking, I made it clear that it was an honest answer I wanted, and not one they thought I might want to hear. The truth is key in helping me find out what I am really like. From the results, I can pick out my attributes and use them to my advantage. Or if indeed, some of my negative points are brought to light, I can analyse if they are holding me back or needed for me to succeed.
The question I am asking is, How am I seen? After this has been answered, I then need to look deeper and ask myself, What do I want people to see? And am I going to be able to succeed in my chosen career path with the way I am portraying myself currently? Changing will not solve anything and will not further me because I will no longer be myself, the answer to this is being selective on what I openly show and what I keep back.
The words that have appeared most frequently are: Caring, Loving, Trusting/Honest/Loyal. In my opinion, people have been extremely kind in their words and I don't deserve such high praise! Every word that has been used to describe me, expect a few, are the traits and attributes you would expect to find in someone who worked in a role helping other people. Somebody with a lot of compassion and time to make sure others are happy before themselves. I do often think of others before myself, but this may not always be a positive as it could cloud my judgement and stop me from seeing the bigger picture. I need to take a step back sometimes and realise that I can't make everybody happy.
Even from those who I don't know well, I received words back such as friendly, helpful, positive, ambitious.
This small task has been a success because it has really made me think about what type of person I am and what vibe I give off to others. It is something I have always been concious of as I would hate for people to feel any negative attitude towards them or misinterpret me.
First impressions are what the majority of people judge by, and although they say not to read a book by its cover, it's often this judgement that either pushes you on in life or leaves you behind.
If I feel I have done good towards somebody, it makes me much happier within myself and I continue to stay positive and have a great outlook on life. There is a 'working paper' which I came across during my research which looks in to the suggestion that 'helping others leads to higher levels of happiness' (Anik, L et al: 2009). I will analysing the content within this paper later on in my research when I start to look at topics within target audiences, and the impact images have on getting the public to become charitable.
I'll conclude by giving a preview of some of the words and reasons people came up with when faced with the question of describing me:
The words that have appeared most frequently are: Caring, Loving, Trusting/Honest/Loyal. In my opinion, people have been extremely kind in their words and I don't deserve such high praise! Every word that has been used to describe me, expect a few, are the traits and attributes you would expect to find in someone who worked in a role helping other people. Somebody with a lot of compassion and time to make sure others are happy before themselves. I do often think of others before myself, but this may not always be a positive as it could cloud my judgement and stop me from seeing the bigger picture. I need to take a step back sometimes and realise that I can't make everybody happy.
Even from those who I don't know well, I received words back such as friendly, helpful, positive, ambitious.
This small task has been a success because it has really made me think about what type of person I am and what vibe I give off to others. It is something I have always been concious of as I would hate for people to feel any negative attitude towards them or misinterpret me.
First impressions are what the majority of people judge by, and although they say not to read a book by its cover, it's often this judgement that either pushes you on in life or leaves you behind.
If I feel I have done good towards somebody, it makes me much happier within myself and I continue to stay positive and have a great outlook on life. There is a 'working paper' which I came across during my research which looks in to the suggestion that 'helping others leads to higher levels of happiness' (Anik, L et al: 2009). I will analysing the content within this paper later on in my research when I start to look at topics within target audiences, and the impact images have on getting the public to become charitable.
I'll conclude by giving a preview of some of the words and reasons people came up with when faced with the question of describing me:
- Colourful - I'm always excited to see what you'll be wearing, you're one of those irritating people that looks good in any colour!!
- Accepting - You will learn about someone before making an opinion and are acceptable of so many different people and their flaws! After struggling to tell you certain things (I'm sure you know what I mean) I was worried I would lose your friendship. I had no need to think this! You are amazing.
- Trustworthy - When Emily says that she is going to do something or be somewhere she never goes against her word. She has been one of the most trusting people I've ever known and her trust also works with her instinct on a project and on a general situation.
- Fussy/Perfectionist - Likes things done her own way and has to be done at a high standard.
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