Know Your Faults - TFS 6

Ok I will contune this series a bit more... Everyone has strengths and weaknesses. Most people try to leave there weaknesses in a closet. I think your weaknesses are as important as your strengths in that as long as you communicate them to the rest of your co-workers they can help you and likewise the reverse will happen. My weaknesses would be the following: Pride - I am very proud of the work that we do and I get overly upset at times when I see people unfairly cast a light on me projects we have worked our ass off on. I think this was probably my worst weakness years ago but being more public I have learned to let it go. You kind of start to pick and choose when you should care about someones opinion. The biggest thing about not being able to get past your pride is you never learn from your mistakes. At one time I was so bad that when someone would critique my work my immediate repsonse would be to attack instead of actually look at what the person said and thank them for there feedback (which I try to do a lot more of now). Temper - At times even by my closest friends I have been called a little volatile. It never gets to a physical level. I think this is a weakness I can almost write off. I have gotten much better at this then I was even 2 years ago. I think having a baby helps. Self Discipline - Definitely my worst all time fault. I have a really hard time motivating myself to do things that I do not want to do. I guess this could also be selfish. I think I have come a long way on this one too from when I first got married and also brought other people into the company. When you are responsible for more then just yourself you learn self discipline if not for yourself for those who count on you. Even with that said I struggle with it. The best way I cope with it is I try to give myself a reward system. Like for instance I will be like ok after I finish this list of work then I will write cool code that will make me no money but will be fun as crap. Patience - eek another tough one. I want stuff when I want it and I want it yesterday. Amazon prime is my weakness if they actually had a "send this yesterday" I would opt for that whatever it costs. So ya I think its important to recognize your weaknesses and not be afraid of them. We are all who we are just try to make improvements one day at a time. This has been your ShoeMoney TFS tip #6