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Read this if you're new (or bored...).
2004-07-13 - 10:20 a.m.
Mindset
Hmm. Came to an interesting conclusion last night. Now, to start, I expect more of myself than I do of other people. I'm supposed to be, let's say, level 10 (totally making designations up here), while I only expect those around me to be level 5. Ok, not too bad. People who demand more of me than they're willing to give themselves piss me off. Fine. Here's the problem. Even given this, I feel that, as a rule, other people are better than me. Which means, while I, as "inferior" will probably only hit level 10 maybe 70% of the time, I expect that my "superiors" are capable of hitting their level 5 at least 90% of the time. When they don't, since I'm convinced they're capable, I make a bad assumption: They're not trying. And if they respected me, they'd try. And if they cared, they'd respect me. So because of this screwy logic, the end result is that I don't feel respected, cared for, or, quite frankly, taken seriously much of the time. Well, if I was a good person, I would be respected. Cared for. Taken seriously. So my initial assumption -- that I'm inferior -- must be true. Otherwise, none of this would be happening. Well, that's interesting. So what should I do about it? Because it obviously needs to change. As always, I appreciate any answers.
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