Assignment #4 Discovering your personality and Touchstone

Dream

My dream is to one day feel enlightened and happy with the work I do. I am currently in school trying to pursue a career in teaching. I want to be a high school Spanish teacher. My hope is that through my teaching and guidance I will be able shape and impact the life of others in this case my students. I feel most happy when I know that I have helped others and have made a significant contribution to their personal growth.

Aside from teaching I dream of traveling the world. I want to see new places and meet new people. I hunger and seek knowledge that can only be acquired by experiencing the world and its people in different geographical and social contexts. I would like to travel across Europe, Asia and Africa.

Lastly I would like one day get married and have children and raise a family. The
idea of having a family in the future always excites me and brings great joy to my heart.

Touchstone

I want these dreams to become a reality. They are of great significance to me because I would like to be known not only as an educator but also a mother, sister, friend and wife. On all levels I want to be able help others and in essence shape and impact their lives for the better. To travel the world would give me a great deal of personal satisfaction, insight and knowledge of the world and its people. I want to experience life to fullest and traveling will help me achieve that. Family to me is at the core of what I believe to be true happiness. Family to me means finding love, security, care, respect and faith in the people that matter most to me.

Role Models

•I greatly admired my 4th grade teacher Ms. Tieshirt she always brought the best out in her students. She was a very caring, outgoing and engaging individual. She had a way of making assignments and projects very fun and challenging. I hope to one day be as great of a teacher as she was.

•My Godmother Norma has traveled to many places across the world. I hope to one day see all the places she has been to and share my experiences with her and others.

•This is a sad but honest fact I don’t have too many women in my life that are happy in their marriages. However, Delia my aunt is the exception she is very happy in her marriage and has known her husband for about 20 years. They have a beautiful relationship and they have one child. When I think about marriage and finding that one special person. I think about Delia and the relationship she has with her husband, their relationship is embedded in respect, care, love and commitment toward one another. No relationship is perfect but they understand each other and value each other’s opinion. I think that is the most important thing in a relationship.

Target

My target date to start teaching would be in the fall of 2010. My target date to travel across Europe would be the summer of 2011. I would continue to travel throughout my life with family and friends. I don’t have an official date or deadline for marriage but I would like to find someone before I’m 30 years old. :-)

Personality Type: ESFJ

According to Myers-Briggs

ESFJs are people persons - they love people. They are warmly interested in others. They use their Sensing and Judging characteristics to gather specific, detailed information about others, and turn this information into supportive judgments. They want to like people, and have a special skill at bringing out the best in others. They are extremely good at reading others, and understanding their point of view. The ESFJ's strong desire to be liked and for everything to be pleasant makes them highly supportive of others. People like to be around ESFJs, because the ESFJ has a special gift of invariably making people feel good about themselves.

The ESFJ takes their responsibilities very seriously, and is very dependable. They value security and stability, and have a strong focus on the details of life. They see before others do what needs to be done, and do whatever it takes to make sure that it gets done. They enjoy these types of tasks, and are extremely good at them.

ESFJs are warm and energetic. They need approval from others to feel good about themselves. They are hurt by indifference and don't understand unkindness. They are very giving people, who get a lot of their personal satisfaction from the happiness of others. They want to be appreciated for who they are, and what they give. They're very sensitive to others, and freely give practical care. ESFJs are such caring individuals, that they sometimes have a hard time seeing or accepting a difficult truth about someone they care about.

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