*Ashton, Two things from your answer struck a chord with me immediately. I will start with the following statement from your answer. “I am confident that my integrity takes me a long way. I think that honesty is the most important thing and though I think it does, I hope that is something others will always see in my personality, especially as an administrator.” I would wholeheartedly agree with this. I also think that honesty matters most, especially in the long run. Although this discussion has the possibility to go really deep, I will keep this response within our observed world. Being honest allows you to keep your shoulders light and get a good night's rest. It also ‘helps’ to get honest opinions and answers from the people around you. But, one of the biggest rewards you’ll get for being honest all the time is the trust that people will have in you. As an administrator, this will most definitely be needed when making tough changes as well as unsubstantiated decisions.The second statement that I would like to elaborate on is as follows.“I think that conceptual skills are highly important as an administrator, but I do not think that you should ever be at a point that you think you have completely accomplished conceptual skills. I think there is always room for learning and improvement, and though it's nice to feel good about them and let conceptual skills be a positive aspect of your personality, I think that everyone should always have an open mind that is willing to learn and make all parts, but most definitely this part of their personality, improved.”This statement really speaks for itself. I don’t have anything much to add except that this absolutely applies to any and all personal traits of any and all people. Knowledge and personal enlightenment is found through a commitment of lifelong learning and is always short of complete.Thanks for the spot-on answer!Tony* -- *Happiness is a proper balance of preparation and recreation.* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: < http://listserv.ohio.edu/pipermail/ous-lp-rp13/attachments/20180618/d545248c/attachment.html >
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