September 8th, 2008

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responsibility

Monday, September 8th, 2008

For a fairly corporate job, mine has occasionally required its fair share of navel gazing.  I’ve taken more than a few personality tests, each one confirming that I have a few very strong traits that influence how I work. I didn’t need a test to tell me I’m incredibly loyal to people who do a good job. Nor did I need one to point out my  exceptionally strong sense of RESPONSIBILITY. I put it in all caps because whenever I get the results of one of these assessments, that’s how it’s printed: RESPONSIBILITY. As in, if I tell you I am going to do something, I will do it. As in, if I don’t, I will torture myself until the end of my days, using my lack of RESPONSIBILITY as proof of my essential lack of worth as a human being.

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