In-Class Assignment Analysis

The in-class assignment of when we had to write about our vision of the future got me thinking about the self-assessment named My Personal Vision and how having a strong vision has an affect on a person's persona and how they are portrayed. I was able to reflect on my vision compared to the other people that volunteered to share theirs during class. Mine was very broad and was not aiming in a particular direction, as if it was heading towards a black abyss, while everyone else's had a destination to get to full with color and bright. Going back to the assessment, which can be located under Appendix A subsection 1, my result showed that my personal vision is far from being an actual vision, since I scored a 3 which suggested that I have not

identified an additional flaw I need to work on. I scored a 2 in the self-assessment as can be seen under Appendix A, subsection 14. A score of 2 or lower states that the person has trouble and a hard time speaking straight and needs improvement on their candor. From the score I received from the self-assessment I looked back on the times I was dealing with a situation and was able to reflect that a common pattern was seen. I saw that I tended to beat around the bush instead of saying what was wrong directly, this was because I did not want to make it any bigger than it actually was or did not want to hurt anyone's feeling. Unfortunately by doing so, most of the times not being direct, not being a candor in the situation cause people to misunderstand what I was trying to tell them or it would overlong what could of been a simple and quick conversation. By working towards turning into a candor would make my life much easier in the long run because I would no longer waste time and increase my communication skill by expressing my thought clearly. Just like the previous skill of listening, turning into a candor will take time to develop as well. My only concern with this particular skill would be being able to differentiate in being open and honest versus coming off as blunt and rude. Therefore I need to build on my emotional intelligence in order to be able to differentiate the thin line of which I would not like to cross. By doing so my future will become brighter since emotional intelligence itself is a great characteristic to have and adding being a candor would only facilitate communication and strengthen relationship with coworkers or with the person the conversation is taken place