Expanded Gandhism

In speaking with my mother the other day I was explaining the effects her psychology ultimately had on me. As I've mentioned here many times before I initially shunned her "fake it until you make it" wisdom as a foolish and nonsensical masquerade through the eyes of immaturity.

I regaled her with the tale of understanding through practical application the meaning of her words when I was in Korea and frustrated at my own timidity. Wanting to emulate those around me who exuded self-confidence I began walking with my head held high - and though I was terrified at the time - looking strangers in the eye and addressing them directly and sincerely in passing.

Soon, because I appeared to be self-confident, people started treating me as if I were self-confident, there were even those who confided to attempting to emulate me much as I was endeavoring to emulate others. With each new milestone, my act of self-confidence actually transformed me to what I was desiring to be.

While Gandhi's quote of being the change you want to see in the world seems daunting, its far more surmountable when you add the modifier I have used to great success in my own life:

Pretend to be the change you want to see in the world.

It really is that easy.

My Personality Traits

STRENGTHS

• Scenario Running


• I follow a course of action to its logical conclusion based on current facts
  


• Critical Thinking


• I can set aside personal biases for the pursuit of truth and aggressively question my own conclusions
  


• Personal Responsibility/Re-Framing


• I am an intrinsically happy person and can generally modify my behavior/beliefs based on new, applicable information
  


• Global Thinking


• Deductive leaps of logic
  

WEAKNESSES

• ACKNOWLEDGED SHORTCOMINGS


• Intellectualization


• As a coping mechanism
  


• Emoting


• Empathy, Sympathy, Compassion
  


• Articulating


• Conceptualizing abstract ideas for the purposes of illustration
  


• Global Thinking


• I struggle with linear thought
  




• EXTERNALLY PERCEIVED SHORTCOMINGS


• Objective Neutralism


• Can come across as not having an opinion
  


• Projection Bias


• Have been accused of projecting my feelings onto others