4.2.12

LO AND BEHOLD

Take. I may be bad at taking criticisms but I'm even worse with compliments. It's like I have this need to constantly oppose what people think of me, positive or negative. This trait has been more apparent ever since I got into this job, where both criticisms and compliments run back and forth like bullet trains. The former arrives on a more regular basis.

Focus. When I was in Grade 5, my adviser would always write the word "Inattentive" on my quarterly report card. I guess my problem with focusing goes way back into history. I wonder now what seemed to be more fascinating to me than the Math problem written on the board.

Understand. When I was a kid, I thought I was really smart. When I grew up a little bit, I realized I had to be hard-working in order to be smart. When I grew up a little bit more, I thought that if I was innately smart, I shouldn't have to be hard-working. I ended up neither. True story.

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