Essay On Yourself

The Importance of Self Essay
The Importance of Self
For many centuries people have been trying to find answers to questions concerning the reason for
their existance and the meaning of self. Questions such as: 'What is the meaning of I? Where does
the idea of self come from?' pose many arguments in our society. Many philospophers tried to find
solutions to these questions yet it seems that those questions are much more complex than we
perceive them and are not fully explainable. One of the most famous philosophers, Descartes, spend
much time analyzing human existance and the idea of self. Even though his solutions are
questionable to certain extend, he provides us with helpful knoweledge on how to approach this
complex matter of self. The matter of...show more content...
We are able to think critically and distinguish ideas from each other. Yet these ideas are not always
stable and well–understood. As Descartes proposes the self is filled with images that might appear
true yet in reality are nothing but a false images created by our senses. The self has the ability to
understand the world outside and decide for itself which images are true and which are false.
Before making a decision the self or I uses reason to establish the possible outcome and see if it will
benefit the self. We do everything to satisfy the self. Our mind is designed especially to fulfill the
wishes, sometimes unnecessary, to make ourselves feel better. Intellingece we posses, helps us
find a right place for the self in this world. The decisions we make based on our desires to please
the self are not always beneficial and ethical. Many times we place certain unimportant values
above other more helpful and correct ones in order to fulfill temporary desires. The self is
satisfied for a short period of time until the conscience takes over and analyzes the situation again.
Every choice taken has a consequences on ourselves; either a good or bad. Our understanding of
world through our senses could be very deceiving. Our senses deceive our self and impose on us
certain values and beliefs which otherwise would not come up. The urges to do
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How Do I See Myself?
Personal Profile How do I see myself? In the business world, interaction is necessary especially if I
want to be an effective employee. By learning about myself, understanding my needs, and knowing
how other people see me, I am able to recognize my skills and abilities, which leads to best
determining what jobs fits me the most and how to work effectively and efficiently. After completing
all the assessments in "Self–Assessment Library" by Stephen P. Robbins, I find myself to be a
sociable person on both the advancement and receiving end. I love interacting with people and
listening to them. Moreover, I like it when people give me feedback over what I have done as
opposed to asking for opinions over ideas. I work well in teams since I am a free spirit who
indulges with anyone. Compared to other people from my country, Saudi Arabia, my English
language skills are very good and are quite an asset when it comes to the research writing. Since
childhood, creation was an aspect of awe to me, the ability to picture ways of improvement and
sustenance were always an intriguing factor to me. I lead through experience and actual practice. I
am not actually a follower but I prefer a very interactive team that is full of practical ideas since I
usually take initiative to follow through. I am good at organizing things since people's reaction
always matter to me and I always want to impress them. I work towards that through the engagement
of personal trials and errors; thus, I get a

Finding Yourself Essay
Finding Yourself
Hidden under every cloak, every item of clothing, and all makeup lies a body.
Under the skin of a body lies a soul, and a mind of thoughts. Reaching further we search for where
the thoughts were born.
As an embryo we are brought into this world, and raised by our creators. From them we are taught
life. Depending on our parents or whoever is raising us we become a person, with thoughts, feelings,
emotions, and ideas.
Looking deeper it becomes clear that all idea's exist from aspects we have learned. A single thought
is also an embryo, born, and than created by it's creator. Thoughts exist from teachers and learning
and so we are taught the limits humans have, and the opportunities available, all of...show more
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Hidden within every child there is something new, some new reason for existence, that cannot be
found since they abide by what they are taught. For instance the idea that babies can communicate
between each other as well as being able to learn a number of language would suggest massive
brain power. If somehow we could extract in every young mind ideas behind their active imagination,
perhaps we would discover many things we never really new.
Have you ever found that a young child sees the world with so much detail. For example if you
walk in a room with a child and adult allowing both of them to view the room for a second, the
child will tell you things in exact detail, while the adult tells only the obvious paraphernalia!
The water is called water with what justification? A child is taught it is water, but only as a word!
Water sustains life, for without it, all life dies. It speaks as a person at times laughing or crying, it
has the power to drown life away, just as easily as it quenches thirst. The world revolves around the
water, so could it also be a teacher? The water can teach the value of listening, of hearing more than
words, of feeling sounds, of using ones imagination and seeing anything in a reflection, of opening
ones mind to love, and emotion. A child may teach itself incredible things from something of so little
meaning to

The Self Essay
The Self Every situation that an individual is exposed to throughout life, helps mold our "self." As
humans we have the ability to see ourselves from the outside, and all through life we try to see what
others see and our "self" revolves around the generalized other. We observe how others perceive us
and we make conclusions depending on our observations. How we act around others depends on the
image we feel they have towards us.
Charles Horton Cooley, a symbolic interactionist, concluded that our sense of "self" develops from
interactions with others. Cooley described this process as the...show more content...
On the other hand if you see yourself as an individual who can communicate without a problem and
you see that you can keep others interested in a given conversations, your reaction is more positive.
Through this looking– glass self we develop a "self" concept. Depending on the observations we
make concerning the reactions of others we develop feelings and ideas about ourselves. The
reflection we see in the mirror is either negative or positive depending on the feedback we get back
from those around us. Misjudgments of the reactions of others become part of our "self" concept
also the misinterpretations of how others think of us. Self concepts begins in childhood but it
continues to develop throughout life. As we observe how other people react to us, we modify our
"self."
The "self" is never a finished project, and it continues to change as our life takes different turns. Our
"self" reacts to the environment that we are in. As the "self" expands we put together the different
reactions making us a unique individual. Every individual has a different way of thinking and
therefore they make their own choices about certain situations. Going through different life changes,
means the "self" is expected to change to accommodate the life stage we find our selves in. The
way we perceived things when

Reflection About Myself
After some time of reflecting over myself and characterizing my own self, I have came up with a
few characteristics of myself. These characteristics are words I feel can be used to describe
myself. The characteristics I have chosen are trustworthy, optimistic, and independent. I find
myself to be a pretty trustworthy person. I have been a person that people have been able to come
to me with a problem and ask for advice. I can also keep secrets pretty well. An example of
something that can contradict me being a trustful person is when I have to lie to someone to
keep someone's secret. An example of this is when I had to lie to my dad that my mom was out
of town. My parents are divorced and my dad lives about an hour away from Smithville. My mom
had to go out of town for a work trip. Since it was during the week, my mom did not want us to
have to go to my dads because it would be tough to get back and forth to school. We also knew
that my dad would be stubborn and persistent about having us stay at his house. So in conclusion,
my Grandma came and watched us while my mom was out of town and I told my dad that she
would be home. This trait did not really start to form until the beginning of my Freshman year. A
lot of my traits started last year because up until then, well, I as well as my other classmates have
not really been in an environment where the level of maturity is much higher than what we are
accustomed to. I find optimistic a word to describe me well because I am

Essay on Finding Yourself
How can one truly know who they are? It takes years of experience to understand yourself; your
likes, your dislikes, your abilities, and your passions. Sometimes society will agree with these things,
and sometimes it won't. Self–identity is the result of trial and error in terms of resistance to the
cultural norms of one's society, and the lessons learned through such resistance, as demonstrated in
Munro's An Ounce of Cure and Boyle's Greasy Lake.
An Ounce of Cure tells the story of a teenage girl, whom remains unnamed throughout the entire
story, who was brought up in a small town where drinking was frowned upon, thinking that she was
never good enough for her family. She had her heart broken by a boy at school and became depressed
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Alice Munro demonstrates the learning of oneself through the resistance to society via the girl in An
Ounce of Cure. Although she knew it wasn't a good idea, and that her parents and community
wouldn't approve of her drinking if they found out, she resisted that cultural norm and did it anyway.
By drinking too much and getting drunk to the point of being physically sick, she learns that it
was not the best idea. By the social consequences of the rumours spread across her town
afterwards, she suffers loneliness and learns that the boy who started her depression in the first
place was not worth the embarrassment, nor the experience itself. Munro depicts a teenage girl
growing up; learning about herself and coming to terms with who she is. The girl learns that
alcohol (and pills) are not the solution to a broken heart, and that her time was wasted being
miserable over a boy who dumped her.
Greasy Lake depicts the story of a young man, also without a name, who tried to build a reputation
for himself as a "dangerous character" (p. 33), much like many other young men of the era. He did
many things he considered 'bad', such as wearing torn–up leather jackets and sniffing glue. It was
popular for the people of his crowd to take their parents cars to Greasy Lake, a local hangout for
young adults which was in all reality just a dumpy murky pond. One night, the boy and his two
friends

Essay About Myself
There are three very important aspects that play a major rule in my life. They can be categorized as
intellectual, social, and spiritual. My intellectual self is interesting because I am mainly
right–brained which means that I tend to use my creativity more than my mathematical skills, also
making me a visual learner. My social self consists of friends, family, and my surroundings. I spend
most of my time at home with my family. Whenever I am with my friends, I observe their behaviors
and listen to their opinions. I am more of an independent type of person. Being with different people
has influenced me into appreciating different cultures and beliefs. I have learned things that have
now been incorporated into my own set of beliefs and...show more content...
I find that I can only recall long–term memories if they are important to me, or if they are dramatic
experiences. A few examples of my childhood memories are my mother reading to me, my
grandfather playing his guitar, and my dad relentlessly teaching me how to ice skate, no matter
how many times I fell. The people who affect my social life the most are my family and friends. I
have an extremely close family that has played a major role in my life. They are whom I spend
most of my spare time with. My family usually gathers every weekend for dinner. I am also very
open to different religions, cultures, and practices because I know many people with different
backgrounds and beliefs. Since I've been influenced by various people, I've learned at a very
young age to never judge people by how they look, dress, feel, or act. I am very fortunate to have
learned these lessons, because many people still do not understand the importance of accepting
differences. In a group, I prefer to listen to what others have to say, and then contribute to the
discussion. I try to listen so I am able to compare them to my own thoughts. I enjoy working in a
group, because it gives everyone an opportunity to incorporate their own ideas. My social self is
most greatly influenced by my family and friends. I believe that my spiritual self is the most
important out of the three. Although I have a certain religion that I belong to and practice, I believe
in a bit of

Essay About Myself
School, to me and among many peers of my age, is not a distant term. I have spent one–third of my
life time sitting in classrooms, every week since I was seven years old. After spending this much
time in school, many things and experiences that happened there have left their mark in my
memory. Some are small incidences while some have had a great impact on me. However,
regardless the degree of significance, things that happened all contributed to shape the person that I
am now. I was accused of cheating for the first time when I was seven years old. It was during the
term final where the performance of the test indicates all the progress the student had made
throughout the semester, so its importance was never over emphasized. Though...show more content...
Everything started anew, I was all by myself. While I was busy getting used to the school and
making new friends, I also discovered a new passion, soccer. Through soccer I was able to meet
some of my most loyal friends. We would often get together and play soccer against other classes.
The school required a test for admission, so the competition was getting fierce. The teachers
focused a lot on our academics and tried to squeeze as much time as they can from us to study. As
the result, we were not allowed to play soccer during our free time because it hinders us from
studying. Maybe it is human tendency to break laws, but the gang of us didnГўв‚¬в„ўt want to
conform to that rule so sneaking a soccer ball to school and keep it away from the teachers
became an everyday challenge. It was amazing the kind of ideas we came up with for this task.
Soccer added spices into my otherwise boring school life, and it served as a channel between me
and my fellow classmates. Through soccer we found a common ground, that we were able to know
each other more and support each other no matter what happens. It gave us a sense of unity, and it
was very important to me. Even now I cherish the pact I had with them back then – the support that
helped me to stay on the right track during my rebel teenage years. My homeroom teacher at the
time had the most impact on me than any other mentors I had. People say

Defining Myself Essay
Sometimes a person may feel that they have no purpose in life. Finding out who you are just
takes the time of sitting down and thinking of the importance in your life. Who am I? I am
Mercedes Kimberly Kingston, and I am a person with different personalities, characteristics, and
identities. The many ways, in which I identify myself, in fact, are the ways that define who I am.
My Identity is something only I can fully define. I have a little brother, which makes me a sister; I
have two loving parents, which makes me a daughter; I am in college studying medicine, which
makes me a student; and I have wonderful friends in desperate need of support, which makes me a
wonderful best friend. Before anything, I am a big sister to...show more content...
It is seen as an essential part of learning and using what you learn in class. But when you get loads of
class work and have very little time to finish it, then it becomes an unnecessary burden. Yet,
sometimes, for me, it is the fact that I procrastinate that prevents me from completing a task. For
college student, like myself who is working to pay for college, large amounts of class work
usually brings lots of stress and fear of not being able to get good grades in many of my classes.
Yet, I have support from my family, friends, and some peers who encourage me to put up a good
fight in reaching my goal. I am a student that has gone through so much to get here, where I am.
There were times that I had strong feelings that I would never be in college, just because of the
negative energy I forced upon myself. Since pre–K, I have had this problem that if I can't do
something I just give up, and stop trying. I still have this problem, but I have learned to get a control
on it. The biggest problem was graduating from high school. I never thought that I would ever
graduate. But I knew, as a student, I should at least try and show my teachers that I am putting effort.
And now, I'm in college, studying pre–med, and hoping to become either a pediatrician, or a NFL
Doctor. Growing up as a daughter to a single mom, was, I think, the best experience ever. I was, and
am still, very spoiled. I always had everything that I ever wanted. And

Personal Self Assessment Essay
Self assessment is a process in which you examine yourself in attempt to discover and learn more
about yourself. Your likes, dislikes, behaviors, attitudes and habits can be found during this process.
You can use the discoveries to your advantage by accepting or changing strengths and weaknesses. I
plan on using this course to enhance my personal skills to become a better student and find success
in earning my Bachelor of Arts degree at Ashford University in Social Science.Self Assessment is
the first step in my successful future.
I can remember in high school, it seemed like I was always one of the last students finished with a
test.
I was sometimes slower at completing a written paper or an assignment. In open discussions...show
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I have discovered some interesting things I have noticed in myself before taking this course. For
example, my learning style I have noticed is the visual learning style.
With this, I prefer to see and read information to full gain comprehension. If I forget the data, or
not clearly understand it the first time read, I have the option of reading it over. I do not always
trust myself to absorb all information the first time around. I take a lot of notes to look at. Notes
help me remember even though I may not read the again, I can refer to them in my mind after
writing them down. I am not sure if just anyone reading them would get anything out of it, but at
least I know what they mean.
I like to take my time with material, but am not always given the allotted time to do so. I also like
to keep a written list of things to do to refer to. I am comfortable with my learning style, accepted
it as my very own. I am not sure if changing it this late in life is such a good idea. I have got by this
far, it must work out for me.
I have identified my personality style as being extroverted, one who becomes easily energized by
others, and outwardly expressing thoughts as long as I am fully understanding context and material
being discussed. If I have no idea what is being addressed, I am better of keeping quiet to save
myself from

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