Name 3 of your best qualities, what you like about yourself.
By Jewels
@Tetchie (2932)
Australia
February 24, 2007 12:55am CST
Time to boast just a little, get your feet wet, don't be shy. My top one is having the ability to get people to open up without coaxing. They say things about themselves they didn't know they were going to say, bottom of the heart things.
2nd is, ummmmmm....thinking. I am good at empathy, have been to dark side and back and every now and then visit again. Makes for allot of experience and I can walk in a shoe or two.
3rd. Am good at talking/communicating....but not sure if that's a quality or a pain in the proverbial.
Your turn, be honest now, have a go:
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12 responses
@Profetu (1253)
• Romania
1 Mar 07
3 qualities...hmmm...1.sense of humor(or so I hope and I was told)...2.I have a pretty developted imagination(which can be so sick sometimes lol)...3.respectful..
Ohhh can I say more????
I am intelligent and very modest.I am allergic to stupidity....(you can stop me anytime now)...:))
@maildumpster (3815)
• United States
4 Mar 07
I am very easy to talk to. Total strangers tell me their life stories.
I am compasionate.
I am intelligent but not so that I think I know better than all around me.
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@DanielMarvoloRiddle (331)
• United States
26 Feb 07
Like you, I have the gift of putting people at ease so that they will tell me things they wouldn't tell their own mothers. So, I've got that going for me.
Secondly, I'm rather a smart serpent--and I'm quite proud of that.
Thirdly, I'm funny. You can't put a price on the ability to make others laugh. Laughter is the body's own antidepressant, after all.
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@DanielMarvoloRiddle (331)
• United States
1 Mar 07
One of our mutual friends put a search party out for me. I simply had a bunch of mess to deal with my dear. And for the record, I missed you.
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@Thomas73 (1467)
• Switzerland
3 Mar 07
I suppose that this is my turn to brag, although I cannot say if my 'Top3 qualities' are true or not. I shall simply present what I was told about myself by other people. It may not be the way I am, but it's the way I'm perceived.
I was told that I had a brilliant mind. Apparently, with one notable exception, no one is able to sustain a reasoned argument with me for long. I know for a fact that my IQ is higher than average, but I wouldn't call myself 'brilliant'.
Another quality I was told to have is more down-to-earth. I have had the sweetest compliments about my love-making and have been dubbed "a great lover". Now, I don't know either whether this is true or not, but many partners have told me that independently of each other. I'm not sure if I can trust women who tell me that, but I must admit that it's very nice for my ego, whose size is already pretty massive.
Last, but not least, I was told that, as ruthless as I could be with my enemies, I was a very kind man to my friends and loved ones. This is probably the best quality one can have, although I'd be more enclined to describe myself as an "absolute b@st@rd".
*End of bragging mode* ;)
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@Tetchie (2932)
• Australia
3 Mar 07
Thank you Thomas, such a mixed bag. A militant knight for a cause, and kind to friends. No doubting that mind of yours. And your second trait - who are you to argue with what women tell you! Brag away I say.
Hey for what it's worth, when I see people over 500 with lower star rating, says to me they are not afraid to argue a point. It can make myLot exciting. Though I do understand what's going on in your particular case. I personally started hopping out of those discussions, mainly surrendering to a lost cause.
Hang in there friend.
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@Denmarkguy (1845)
• United States
3 Mar 07
My three best qualities? Hmmmm....
Empathy/compassion-- I find them difficult to separate. I always seem able to "get iniside" another's point of view and feelings, and in doing so can often actually help them find ways to reduce whatever "suffering" they are experiencing.
The ability to connect widely disparate ideas/concepts/people/things. Maybe it's a fringe benefit of being a "generalist" who knows something about a lot of different things, but not really being an expert on any one.
Making people feel "safe." I don't exactly understand HOW that works, only THAT is does. I evidently give off some kind of "safe vibe" that makes people feel OK about sharing the deepest parts of themselves with me. I have never "cultivated" or "trained" that trait... it just IS.
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@Tetchie (2932)
• Australia
4 Mar 07
Wonderful qualities.
Making people feel safe is awesome. I'd call it a soul force, something you do naturally which is in the interests of other people. And you exude or create a particular space to allow people to open. Sometimes it is really terrifying for people to tell someone their deepest troubles. Call it the safe vibe zone, lol.
There's something empowering about saying good things about yourself, makes you own it too. No doubts.
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@Bongoheads (283)
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2 Mar 07
Blowing my own trumpet - not something I'm comfortable with doing however you posed the question so nicely needs must! I'd say I'm a positive person, an eternal optimist -my glass is always half full. I'm also great in a crisis, a natural troubleshooter, keeping a calm and level head I can usually claw my way out of the jaws of disaster. Lastly, I have what my mother calls 'lame duck syndrome' where unwittingly I attract needy individuals whom I then spend time on nurturing, troubleshooting and being positive around :-) But apart from that I'm a total cow ...
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@Bongoheads (283)
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3 Mar 07
How kind, thank you! However I'm confused - what's Lou Ferrigno go to do with it and the price of fish?
@crazynurse (7482)
• United States
25 Feb 07
I think it is a very healthy thing to look at our good qualities rather than to constantly focus on our shortcomings! Any psychologist will tell you the same! My best qualities are that I am (1) very loyal (2) trustworthy and (3) fun-loving. Thanks for such a positive discussion!
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@trouble4u2avoid (2915)
• United States
24 Feb 07
Patience...they say this is a virtue but sometimes I wonder if it's not a burden instead. Is it the reason I tolerate so much bs?
Compassion...life isn't always easy so being there for those who need me is very important
Honesty....most people don't appreciate this quality to much but they have learned to respect me for it.
@dancia2007 (551)
• United States
24 Feb 07
Great topic! I am good at the same things you mentioned, and for my original content for this discussion,
I would say,
making people feel special, loved, cared about, listened to, especially those who don't have many friends.. i am several people's best friend for that reason.. and because i am loyal and don't give up on people
ability to make the seemingly impossible happen .. through a strong sense of direction and determination.. helping others also to see that what they wish to achieve is possible .. and encourage them to make it happen.. saying: "YOU CAN DO IT!!!!" (examples: health coaching with friends over the Internet, resulting in great success).
strong writing and spelling ability - seen as articulate
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@narendra_bhatia (48)
• India
26 Feb 07
hey techie, first of all i would like to appreciate you for this thought....
well probably the bst 3 qualities i have are.....
1. team spirit or team membership
2. friendly nature
3. helping nature
@Tammuz (347)
• Romania
9 Mar 07
This is hard for me!
I am creative,honest and a fighter.But these can easily trn into defects: I am creative till the point that I destroy everything else.I am honest till the point you cry becouse of my honesty.And I fight for what I beleive in with a big amount of stubbornes.
I let you decide if those are actually qualities or defects:)