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A Self-Analysis

Over the years, I have learned there are basically three types of people. Those who
make things happen, those who watch things happen, and those who stand around

and ask, “What happened?” I consider myself to be the one who makes things
happened.

During my career, I have been tested, screened, examined, assessed, and appraised
by many professional assessments because of my being considered for job
promotions and/or advancements. The cost to the company during my assignment

in Hong Kong was more than $300,000 per year for the years 1974 through 1978.
They had expenses for housing, salary, schooling, home leave, maid service,
country club membership, and taxes. This was a sizeable investment for Dow
Corning and for our family.

My strongest innate skill is being able to work with people at all levels and
nationalities. My motivation is to excel and to document, by example, that such
accomplishments are achievable by most people. Others say that I am diplomatic,

assertive, extroverted, stable, organized, and competitive along with being decisive
and ambitious. They say that I maintain high values and high energy levels. They
have said that I desire recognition and will invest the necessary time and effort to
acquire my goals. (I am saying what others have said about me because I do not

like to brag.) I say that I am eager to please.

Due to a screwed up start during the first eighteen years of my life, I learned to use
comedy as a release. Tongue-in-cheek is my basic personality. It reduces or
eliminates tensions or negative pressure. I am known as a tease and use this
approach to get messages across in a more palatable manner to others. If I have an
addiction, it is work. It is a subconscious guilt, of which I have never been able to

rid myself. Most of my life has been spent in the work place. Now at age 77, Sue
says work is over for me.

My most comfortable assignments have been selling and promoting. As far as
people go, I enjoy developing, persuading, motivating, and inspiring. I like
encouraging group interaction and delegating responsibility. I want to be
innovative.

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