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February 25, 2005
Pragmatist/Activist
There's a particular task in work that I've been avoiding like the plague. It's not rocket science, it's just inputting manual payments into the system but, if you've ever used Oracle software, you'll understand my retiscence.
Then, Wednesday, at my Management Studies course our tutor told us all about "learning styles". According to these two guys, Honey and Mumford, there are four styles in which we learn as adults and our own particular style can be determined by completing a questionaire designed by them.
So I completed the questionaire on the train, on the way home and it seems I'm a Pragmatist/Activist....
... getting down to brass tacks, what that means is I'm a person who's outlook is: It's a dirty job but someone's got to do it and that someone might as well be me.
So the following day, armed with this new vision of myself, I dragged my pile of payments from where I'd cunningly hidden it (behind my waste paper basket), faced the screen, took a deep breath and picked up the first one from the top of the pile. Within five minutes, I was picking up the next and, two days later, the mountain has reduced to a molehill, with still 3 weeks to go until year end.
It's the oddest thing but it seems being told I'm pragmatic, made me pragmatic. Finding out that my attitude is "well, I'd better get on with it then" made me say to myself, "well, I'd better get on with it then" and get on with it I did.
Nice one H&M, any more golden nuggets you'd like to share?
Posted by lilliebet at February 25, 2005 09:02 PM
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What an excellent combination! The pragmatic side of you sees things the way they really are and accepts them. The activist side leads you to take action in response rather than just feeling sorry about it. Definitely the sort of personality that others depend on for leadership.
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at February 27, 2005 12:21 AM