Wednesday, November 16, 2011

'C' is greater than 'D' is greater than 'S' is greater than 'i'


Did the test accurately gauge your management orientation?
Looks like it.

Are you the D, I, S or C that the test said you are?
I can see those qualities in me, yes.

Did the test get it right or wrong?
Eerily more right than wrong. 

Do you wish you were another type (if you were a C do you wish you were a D)?
Not at all.  I like being me.

Can you become another type? 
Probably not.  I am very stubborn.


Do you think it is helpful to determine people’s management “type” to better understand where they are coming from and how to interact with them?
Of course; assigning people blindly to tasks is never a good idea.  It is best when the puzzle fits together.

How would a test like this help you in business interactions?
I suppose that if others knew my results of this test, they would see the method to my madness.


I ended up being C > D > S > i.  I'm used to being talked over, and most of the time depending on the environment I am in I just sit quietly and listen.  I definitely need to "develop tolerance for conflict;" my patience drops like a rock under conflicting circumstances.
An example of me demonstrating "C" qualities would be if I were cooperating with a team of my friends, blood vessels would be exploding if my teammates were messing up due to carelessness.  I wouldn't explicitly state my frustration and emotions, but others would probably read it off my face and voice.

Saturday, November 5, 2011

My vision is to evolve

No just kidding.

Anyway, some visions that I can think of off the top of my head (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER):

1) Graduate, get a career job, buy a house, contribute to society, not fail at life (these are all related so I'll group them together).

2) Obtain more knowledge in mathematics than Professor Alfred Friedland.  He's great if you want to take theoretical math classes.

3) Have an awesome computer setup.  Currently, the significant parts to make that would be:
i7-2600k
GTX580 (SLIx2)
2 SSDs
and probably dual 24" monitors.

4) Completely nerd out my room with figurines on glass shelves and posters covering the walls.

5) Jump out of an airplane.

Visions 3, and 4 (and 5, somewhat) are subsequent to vision 1.  Visions 1 and 2 are simple and straightforward but require a lot of effort.

As for the video we watched in class, I think a lot of it was redundant.  The points were legitimate, but the video itself was drawn out, repetitive, and corny.  The professor could have just said the following three lines:


Vision without action is just a dream.
Action without vision merely wastes time.  
Vision coupled with action can change the world!

After that, give a few examples.  That's basically what the video gets sparknoted into.