My Secret Sauce

Part One:
1. I think I'm good at keeping a cool-head in stressful situations.
2. I'm assertive - I don't let people walk over me and I'm not afraid to speak my mind.
3. I think I speak eloquently, which usually means people think I'm smarter than I am because of my vast vocabulary (good for initial first impressions).
4. When I get an idea, I want to execute it immediately. I have no patience, so I'm always eager to get something done as soon as possible.
5. I'm capable of looking at things analytically.

Part Two:
I wasn't able to record all of them because a lot of the people who know me best don't live near Gainesville. I called them and transcribed what they said instead.

Mother:

1. "Articulate and well-spoken because you read a lot."
2. "Very good sensibility - common sense, one of your strongest traits." 
3. "Objective not emotional." 
4. "See things from different people's perspectives."
5. "Quick-reader so you can read things and understand it quickly."
6. "Have to be able to understand every perspective in business, which you do. If you can't do that you won't be successful in business."

My mom included a lot of the same things I did - in fact, the first thing she mentioned was my vocabulary. Plus, since she's my mother, she probably could have talked for 20 minutes about all my great traits, I have to take some of this with a grain of salt although I tend to agree with most of it. 

Father:

1. "Very punctual - always on time, never late."
2. "Team player, gets along with everybody."
3. "Show leadership skills in a work environment - good leader/trainer."
4. "Good at research." 
5. "Great customer service - diplomatic, don't let rude people get to you."

I don't know if I would really say I get along with everybody but it's nice my dad thinks so. Everything else I more or less agree with.

Michael (Brother):

1. "Hard worker."
2. "Doesn't give up until job is done."

I think my brother just didn't want to be interviewed because I don't know hard of a worker I would qualify myself as - I like to sleep and lounge around a decent amount. I also used to be pretty fickle so there's that.

Veronica (Friend):

1. "Always has an opinion on things, very decisive." 
2. "Really organized." 

She was busy so I didn't have a lot of time to talk but I agree with what she wrote. 

Brendan (Friend):

I agree with most of what he said, I like to get involved, especially at school.

Part Three:
For the most part I agree with what the people closest to me had to say about my personality traits. I think one of the main differences is that my parents think the world of me because I'm their kid so they were probably a little more complimentary than in reality. I wouldn't make any corrects to the list, maybe just to add that I'm very organized because I feel that's a good strength of mine.