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Are we as cool as we think? more..less?


There are two general philosophies regarding this topic.

1. We see ourselves as we'd LIKE to be seen and therefor see ourselves in a more positive light than reality would argue.

or

2. Are we our own harshest critics???

i find myself falling into both traps. not sure however which one predominates.
 

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Login to find out (August 17, 2005 at 7:00am)
ohhhh fon, i am here... as backup (better desi-late than never)

i would GLADLY avail myself of a piece of your personality (if only to keep irfani in check, my e-thappars ain't working :( )
 
Login to find out (August 17, 2005 at 6:50am)
Yea, that is why I gave up the vocation. Being perfect is not enough for me anymore. -:-
 
Login to find out (August 17, 2005 at 6:36am)
Its hard work being a perfectionist..
 
Login to find out (August 17, 2005 at 6:28am)
LABS where are you when i need you :(
 
Login to find out (August 17, 2005 at 6:26am)
I think the people who want to torture their prisoners would pay a premium to buy your personality and use it as a threat on the poor souls.
 
Login to find out (August 17, 2005 at 6:23am)
oi IRFY chup kar...you should be asking VIRGO how much people would pay to HAVE MY personality transplanted into them....ooofooo!
 
Login to find out (August 17, 2005 at 6:21am)
Virgo, how much would it cost to uplift Freak's personality?
 
Login to find out (August 17, 2005 at 6:05am)
virgo, great attitude.. being harsh on yourself means you'll go far; being discontented has the (1) advantage of getting you to strive for more..

on the other hand, do remember to love yourself once in a while :)
 
Login to find out (August 17, 2005 at 3:35am)
VIRGO yaar ur my budding surgeon in the making...of course that makes sense :P

*has to be extra nice to virgo due to breast uplift in about 3 yrs time which i need at a discount or being desi totally free:P*
 
Login to find out (August 16, 2005 at 4:51pm)
hmmm interesting. i think i am my harshest critic ( i know the scoldings i have adminstered to myself - no one can - not even mom) but thats coz i am in the 1 category and because i see myself potentially on the top in everything i want to do or could do - even the littlest flaw seems like a catastrophy.

FON does that make sense (Labs and YHB ur input needed too)
 
Login to find out (August 15, 2005 at 5:06pm)
Mamad, obi wan being unable to get out from under the stairs is what separates him from Yoda. If Yoda was in the same situation, we all know he'd get out of it. Actually, Yoda is too cool to ever even be in that situation. :)
 
Login to find out (August 15, 2005 at 1:36pm)
i agree with fairytale as far as 'present ourselves the way we want to be seen... And.. see ourselves the way we think others see us.

i think i have a healthy dose of 2 (don't wear that skirt unless you want to look like an eleven year old) but am overridingly a 1..

i see lots of positivity in others as well as in myself; in fact it's hard to look in a mirror of any kind, if all you see is faults, and even harder to present yourself to the world if you're not confident in who you are.
 
Login to find out (August 15, 2005 at 10:27am)
Cool.....extremely cool is only reserved for Yoda....lets not be blasphemous now
 
Login to find out (August 15, 2005 at 10:19am)
LOL, I agree Mamad, but had he gotten out of that situation, he would have surpassed cool and would become 'extremely cool' (H)
 
Login to find out (August 15, 2005 at 10:12am)
cool.....you are right...but he was stuck under a big staircase thingy...i think we may forgive him that one....
 
Login to find out (August 15, 2005 at 10:06am)
Mamad, not everyone... remember the opening fight scene in Episode 3?
 
Login to find out (August 15, 2005 at 10:04am)
hi faiza..how u doin...well at least it wasn't a quote from will & grace....although there are some superb lines in that show...for ultimate coolness there's of course only one obi wan kenobi...he beat the cr*p out of everyone he fought..
 
Login to find out (August 15, 2005 at 5:49am)
Samspan.. most of us know what we are i.e with all the idiosyncracies that others might overlook and might not be aware of. However, we like to present ourselves the way we want to be seen. And there is a third aspect, we tend to see ourselves the way we think others see us. Identity (Self) is a complex concept. There arent just those two aspects to it.
 
Login to find out (August 15, 2005 at 5:03am)
"the coolest people are those who don't need to be told that they're cool"...homer simpson
 
Login to find out (August 15, 2005 at 3:44am)
ok guys...come on lets all try and be a little real here ....i'm sure most of us fall into catagory 1:P ......although for me personally i don't see myself as i'd LIKE to be seen...i am who i am....take me as i am or leave me forever:P hehehe