16A

16A - What's Your Secret Sauce?

1) Describe five ways in which you think you have human capital that is truly unique. What is it about you, exactly, that makes you different? Write this up in a detailed list.

1. The ability to have others depend on me. If it comes a time that someone needs me to talk to, I am always that open ear that will hear what they have to say but also give them critical feedback on what they don’t want to hear. While knowing I have others that depend on me, I always keep my end of the stick when it comes to anything in the classroom or workplace that needs to be completed. 
2. I have the drive and determination to succeed at everything that I do. I don’t allow challenges to deter me and prevent me from completing the goal that I want to accomplish. If I have set my mind on something, I almost always put my head down and just keep pushing until I get a result that I want. 
3. I keep my emotions inside and do not wear any emotions on my sleeve. When I need to show others my positive attitude then I can do that, but when I am competing, or I am struggling, I am able to keep my emotions within myself. 
4. I am extremely intelligent and gifted in my academics, so I have the ability to be extremely successful on my own while also being able to help others. 
5. I do not leave anyone who is struggling behind. I push them to their potential and help them to reach a level they never knew or believed that they could achieve.

2) Interview the five people who know you the best. Ask them what they think makes you different -- remember, focus on your knowledge, skills, abilities, emotions -- in other words, your human capital. Try to stay away from discussing your other types of capital (such as who you know). Record each interview. In your post, please post each interview, as well as a two-three sentence summary of each interview, explaining what your key takeaways are. There is no time limit on these recordings. As long as you cover the information asked for above, that's all you need to do. 

Interview 1

Interview 2

Interview 3

Interview 4

Interview 5

3) Reflect on the differences. How do you see yourself, and how do others see you? Are there differences in how you assess yourself compared to others? What do you think causes these differences? Do you think your interviewees are correct about you? Finally, going back to your list from part 1, would you make any corrections to the list? How?

Others see me as an extremey hard worker who is passionate about everything that I do. One of my interviewers said that I have the determination to succeed at everything that I do. Another person said that I keep my emotions inside and I only bring them out when I have to. The differences that I had was the ability to others to depend on me. Everything else was extremely spot on. I think that the interviewees are defintely correct about me and I would not change this list.