One’s personality can be understood from the people they mingle with.” With this said, I find myself most influenced and inspired by personalities similar to mine. Whether it is an innate biological factor or a result of my upbringing, I find myself to be an anthology of all the personalities within my immediate family. My family’s personalities and leadership qualities are all similar and have been highly instrumental in my own personality. One would ask, “what type of personalities do your family possess?” My mother, the most influential personality and leader in my life is a complete replica of what I want to be, and with time, what I will be. According to the “Big Five Personality Dimensions,” my mother is extremely outgoing, “very goal oriented” and “responsible,” exceptionally “confident” and “stable,” and very open to new ideas. However, when analyzing my mother under the “agreeableness” dimension, my mother is by no means “aloof,” she is indeed good-natured, but not to the point where I would deem her an exceedingly “warm” and “considerate.” In my eyes, these qualities are key to becoming a successful leader both in the corporate world and in life in general.
According to the x and y theory, my mother is a strong believer in the x-theory. The x-theory states, ” the average human being has an inherent dislike of work and will avoid it if possible.” It short, it goes on to explain that people must be “directed, threatened, and punished” to put for the work required. She believes, as do I, that people are indeed lazy, and only work diligently when motivated and pushed appropriately. It his through her working experience, both in the corporate world and in owning her own establishments that “motivation is crucial, otherwise nothing gets done.” Further more, “motivation” does not only entail proper training and a quick pep talk from time to time, the reality of the issue is money. It may sound overly capitalistic, but both in my eyes and my mothers, money is the key ingredient to a persons attitude and performance in their vocation. The ideals and formulas, which my mother and I view the world by are indeed slightly extreme; we understand why some would deem them incorrect.
The Essay on "My Mother Never Worked" By Bonnie Smith-Yackel
Women in today’s society have a much louder voice; meaning they have more respect, and are greatly appreciated for what they do, compared to Yackel’s 1975 essay. Bonnie Smith-Yackel’s essay makes a statement about how society values, and appreciates women and the way they work dating back to the 1920’s. Most things having to do with women working or anybody for that matter ...
As stated earlier my mother is “open to new ideas” and somewhat agreeable, hence, it is realized that there are exceptions to our beliefs. Not everyone is motivated by money, and all people are not innately lazy. Perhaps, people would feel that the personality my mother possesses, according to the “Big Five Personality Dimensions,” is excessively intensive and simply over-bearing. We realized that all the opponents of the “Lubec Family Philosophies” do have valid points, and are indeed correct at times; this is part of our “agreeableness dimension.” In short however, we a are firm advocates that people need to be motivated and it takes and outgoing, confident, and responsible person to make a good leader..
