I feel as though my greatest strength as a person is my
desire to be understood. I grew up in a family of poor communicators both
verbally and emotionally and it’s something that I have always strived to
correct about myself.
Effective communication is an imperative skill which is
universal to every career path, every interaction, and every simple
conversation. There simply is no meaningful instance where being understood
fully is a negative thing.
This being said, I believe that this is one of the main
reasons why I have chosen to become a Graphic Designer, a.k.a. a visual
communicator.
My greatest weakness (although there are many,) from an
introspective standpoint would most likely be my distaste for being critiqued.
Be it my hairstyle, the clothes I wear, the font I choose or the paper I print
on, it upsets me every time when someone comments negatively on something I have
done. Even unconscious, meaningless things like an accidental pen mark on my
chin, when commented upon I immediately get defensive and put up a wall of
arrogance. Who’s to say that I didn’t want that pen mark there? Maybe it was
intentional?
Understandably this is a trait I need to shake, or at least
learn to deal with better, but the unexamined life is a life not worth living.
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