Kana
Posts: 6676
Joined: 10/24/2006 Status: offline
|
quote:
ORIGINAL: aromanholiday quote:
ORIGINAL: Kana Do or do not, there is no try, young jedi-Yoda. This one has always been interesting to me. I am a person who thinks in "try-speak." Long story but I have low self-esteem (and I _like_ having low self-esteem, it's quite useful in the goals I have set for myself and it helps me to learn) and the upshoot is I am never fully certain about my abilities. I will think (and less often, for obvious reasons, speak) that I probably can do something but I am not really certain, because I never am really certain--if I stop to think about it. The only time I do not think in terms of "I will attempt but I may fail" is when I'm directly ordered to do something. Whether or not I think I can do it is usually immaterial then. The point in those situations, obviously, is to make a full effort. But to me there is almost always a "try" in my mind in all other dealings I have. I honestly do not know if I can do something or do it right until after I do it. Because "try-speak" is closely related to other attitudes, such as humility (aka low self-esteem), that help me, I am loathe to get rid of it. All of which is good, but I'm a type A results oriented driver so I'm all about getting things done...and getting them done right. Not knocking your approach or your reasons why, just showing things from my POV.
_____________________________
"One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die. " HST
|