Wow, you were all about the interesting links whatever day this was.
The big problem for me was that the list of adjectives was too overwhelmingly positive, and often not significantly differentiated. If you're trying to break all human beings down along these lines, there's just not enough mental space between 'brave' and 'bold' to warrant two separate entries.
But more than that, the only negative traits are 'nervous' and 'tense'. I'd say either don't include them at all, or give negative traits equal space.
It's not like I'm saying 'I couldn't find enough negative words to pick six adjectives about you.' There are people out here -- me being one of them -- that tend to define things negatively. There's no way I could find six words on that page I'd use to define myself. Well, that's not true, but I wouldn't want to... and it wouldn't be a DESCRIPTION of me in any way, shape or form. And it turns the exercise into 'say nice things about this person', which is weak. In the end, if I'm going to try to learn how other people see me, I need to know the BAD things, not the good ones.
there's just not enough mental space between 'brave' and 'bold' to warrant two separate entries.
That was the problem I had...too many of those words are too close in meaning, and if I can't pick more than 5 or 6, it's going to come out skewed. For example, under "Blind Spot" it lists "trustworthy." Well, certainly I consider myself trustworthy, but it was so close to "dependable," and I could only pick one...etc.
The big problem for me was that the list of adjectives was too overwhelmingly positive, and often not significantly differentiated. If you're trying to break all human beings down along these lines, there's just not enough mental space between 'brave' and 'bold' to warrant two separate entries.
But more than that, the only negative traits are 'nervous' and 'tense'. I'd say either don't include them at all, or give negative traits equal space.
It's not like I'm saying 'I couldn't find enough negative words to pick six adjectives about you.' There are people out here -- me being one of them -- that tend to define things negatively. There's no way I could find six words on that page I'd use to define myself. Well, that's not true, but I wouldn't want to... and it wouldn't be a DESCRIPTION of me in any way, shape or form. And it turns the exercise into 'say nice things about this person', which is weak. In the end, if I'm going to try to learn how other people see me, I need to know the BAD things, not the good ones.
Still interesting though.
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That was the problem I had...too many of those words are too close in meaning, and if I can't pick more than 5 or 6, it's going to come out skewed. For example, under "Blind Spot" it lists "trustworthy." Well, certainly I consider myself trustworthy, but it was so close to "dependable," and I could only pick one...etc.
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