Wednesday, September 02, 2009

A Better Description

It seems that if you ask people to describe themselves, the responses will likely be fairly predictable...age, profession, marital status, height, weight, etc. While accurate, these descriptions don't really invoke a sense of interpersonal engagement.

A thought occurred to me today...since you are the one generating the description, why not make it one that gives them a sense of who you truly are - the way that an author describes a character in a novel?

How about (from A to Z), "I'm...animated, ambitious, brilliant, bubbly, coquettish, cryptic, delicious, dastardly, dynamic, exhuberent, extravagant, faithful, genteel, giggly, genuine, half-hearted, hilarious, homespun, intoxicating, inspired, imaginative, jovial, juicy, kinetic, loquacious, laborious, luscious, manic, morose, mindful, needy, necessary, organic, original, obtuse, passionate, quixotic, random, rebellious, riddled, reminiscent, sympathetic, sensual, triumphant, unexpected, vivid, vibrant, wicked, wise, wistful, something with an x, youthful, zesty, or zany?"

We are what we create. Why not be memorable?!

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