Wednesday, January 23, 2019

Small Discussions About Ambition And Greed



Another story I know is about the accuracy of the self-report strategy. There are many personality tests online which help us to find the strength and the weakness of ourselves. One of the trustful websites is 16  Personalities where people answer questions about their habits and thinkings. I have done it several times on this website and to check if the result can go differently. Compare to other tests, I believe in its precision. However, after representing this test to my friends, I had feedbacks such as "the second result was so different from the first one", or after I told them my result and it happened to be their wishing result, "let me take it back again. I must misunderstand some questions". I also know a person who took the test twice and from a self-centred type of person, she "became" a caring one who always thought about others' feelings. There is another person who took the test several times in a row and finally went to the section which had all the character types and tried to find one that matched her personality.  In general, self-report only works when we admit the truth about ourselves. The wishing results might come after attempts but only us who know what happens behind them.
FROM THE STORY:
FIRST DISCUSSION:
What do we always want to be somebody else? The answer is simple. "Enough" is not a word that likely appears in our cognition. Positively saying, it's our ambition. Exemplifying for this definition is when we want to get into an Ivy League school or become a founder of a top company. Vice versa, it is called "greed". Hence, including something a bit too much such as ruining the world. When we think of greed, we think of immoral thoughts and determination. Take a closer look at this, we never perceive a person who hasn't achieved one of their goals a greedy one. A baby repeatedly crying for more sweet treats is an example of this definition. In other words, we assert greed when a subject who has achieved one of their aims dramatically expand their wanting inappropriately.
SECOND DISCUSSION:
The ambition and greed give us different feelings when there are changes. Hence, if an ambitious goal is replaced, it’s neutral. It can be the case that the person realizes their actual potentials or have another path. On the other hand, when a greedy wish is changed, people are released. Because their intense feelings are faded when acknowledging the greed of someone. From our anxiety and worry, we seem to believe the negative consequences have higher chances to occur.     

Eurus Thach

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