If I Can Change One Thing About Myself Essay

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    I am latina, a woman, street smart, friendly, defensive, a feminist, an activist of equality, supportive, trust worthy, sassy, blunt, vulgar, intrusive, and apparently, too aggressive during cross fire according to Ogorman but regardless,the list goes on. I know who I am and finding myself was hard. Being a freshmen in high school, I am surrounded by many different thoughts, religions, races, and opinions; making sure I didn't get influenced by others has been very difficult, but has been manageable

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    semester of psychology, I learned about many of Sigmund Freud’s ideas on the large unconscious part of our mind that influences our behaviors. Freud’s discoveries that helped me better understand things in my life is his discovery of defense mechanisms. These theories have helped me better understand myself. Many of these theories has shown up countless times in my life. One of these cases of when I have used a defense mechanism of Freud’s is the use of denial. For this reason, I was using this defense

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    It Take to Make a Difference? One! A) What did you learn about yourself in doing the exercises in the book (How Many People Does It Take to Make a Difference? One) that you didn’t already know? Response: This book has taught me many things about myself that I didn’t know . For example , I usually don't think about life in a hard way but this book helped me view life differently. In the beginning of book one of the first exercises it asks “ Who am I ? ” that question kind of threw

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    many things that can change a person. One of the only things that can change a person is Camp Lambec. Camp Lambec sits peacefully on the beach of Lake Erie. It has cabins everywhere by number and a veil that splits it in half. There is a trail that goes all the way around it and a chapel that has brought joy to thousands of people. In other words, it’s the greatest place on Earth. Anyone who has gone there comes back as a new person and for me the week I spent there this year changed who I

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    Everyone has their own unique identity. There are several things I want to change or at least work on in order to improve myself as a person. Some of these things include my lack of forgiveness, trusting others too easily, and my stubbornness. Out of all the things I want to change the biggest one is how harsh I tend to be on myself, because of my undesirable self-perception. I want to change this because it tends to affect my life in a negative way. In Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, Mr. Bennet

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    Change, Regulation, and Boundaries Life throws many curveballs. Whether it is good or bad it creates changes throughout an individual’s lifetime. For example, the change of getting a promotion at work. There are two main perspectives to getting a promotion. The first perspective, if viewed positively is receiving a higher title, better pay, and more benefits which an individual will be more than happy to accept the change. The second perspective, if viewed negatively is having greater responsibility

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    From the learning that I learned from the relational leadership class. Many academicians describe about many theories of leaderships, such as a leader who can lead people must born to be or a leader can develop and learn how to be a leader. However, a good leader has to have abilities to perform his or her position. Especially, the leader must have the human skills which have abilities to communicate and to get along with other people. When people communicate and misunderstand each other, it will

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    This fear continues to grow, as one gets older, such as when an individual develops the ability to walk. Before we took our first step, we all had the innate fear of falling over. This happens to everyone on the first try but we keep trying again until finally we can walk and then eventually run. Often I find myself asking what if I didn’t take this first step because of fear? This seems unimaginable but the more I think about it a lot of us are hesitant

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    How can anyone to expect to change their flaws when they can’t accept what they already have? Many people look into a mirror and can’t see their own reflection; I am no different. It’s true that there are things about myself that I wish I could change if I could. I am the type of guy who doesn’t admit his faults. Whether it is the things I talk about or my actions, people do have an opinion of me. To get a better idea of myself, let’s start with my early childhood in elementary school. Until this

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    For this week's essay I had the ability to learn about stress and the different categories that people can fall into. People who experience stress more are categorized as type A people why people who are less prone to these stresses are categorized as type B people. After talking the quiz I learned that I scored a 267. This places me in the low type A range. This was little bit of a surprise to me because I don't consider myself to be an over stressed person. I then thought about what causes me stress

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