16- Who am I.

What I think is unique about me

1. Always trying to to work to create a more efficient system
2. Reflecting on self every Sunday to set new long term goals or refresh the list I have
3. Reading great novels and philosophy to come up with my own philosophy- always have a purpose, even with entertainment
4. Persistence due to a strong focus on the long-term
5. Enjoy hearing what is logically wrong with my ideas when I communicate them

The Questions I Asked 

1. What do you think I know or understand most in the world 
2. What do you think my skills and abilities are 
3. What is your understanding of my temperament and emotional perceptions to things and what do you think my mindset is

Dad
Understanding: You know how to making things happen. You do your best at everything, you're focused, able to discern the best path to follow, can communicate with anyone to come in contact with, and can support your own views in the context of conversation.
Skills/Abilities: You can achieve highly with anything, insight into how things should be run with research
Temperament: Incredibly logical, see through  the crap, see what is useful, don't take much emotionally but instead retrospectively with insight, very wise



Mom
Understanding: You  have empathy and understand people's situations deeply, business knowledge, well read, intelligent, kind/understanding. You improved, you were harsh at one point. You're maybe not patient enough when explaining things to other other people or encouraging people to also take responsibility for their work (like in China). Responsibility, hard worker, need more people skills and should get to be more relaxed around women.
Skills/Abilities: You're good at research, but your ability to market on social media needs improvement- lots of information you may miss out on if you're not on social media. You're not very communicative with the outside world.
Temperament: Strong- hear a certain amount of something and then ignore the rest, can get to get to the heart to deeply understand issues, knowing that people come from all different situation to lead them to a place

Matt
Understanding: You understand that hard work required in life, and that there are a lot of option out there and you don’t want to miss out on opportunities. You get that that living a fulfilled life take lots of effort early on, but this may be a bit over the top (not extreme, but still), could dial back
Skills/Abilities: Motorcycle riding (haha), analytical skill- you get to know the depths of systems, people, or anything you're interested in.
Temperament: You believe there is room for improvement in most fields of life, that any person can improve themselves or improve systems, and you're good at picking out how things can be better or you're at least interested in finding out how.

Ryan
Understanding: You know what you want and don't let other people change your mind or get in the way
Skills/Abilities: School stuff potentially, you're strong willed, determined, and stick to it when you put your mind to it.
Temperament: You're serious about the job you do, you don't let distractions get in the way.while you're finding out how to do something,


Darren
Understanding: You understand people well, you grew up real quick because of (Family situation),  you see through to the core of personalities, like whether they're just trying to get something for themselves or for the team. You have the ability to construct conversation well.
Skills/Abilities: Your communication is effective. You didn't talk much before (when you were young)  so now when you do speak its something valuable- you get straight to the point. You have an interest in business, you're calm/relaxed in situations and are professional and effectively obedient
unlike these students in this military school
Temperament: Not so focused on emotions, you're determined, set on achieving goals, good worker- do hard work now instead of later, division between emotion and logic. You have some emotion when bored, but you're analytical otherwise

Reflection:
When I was interviewing the members of my family, nothing surprised me very much because I feel we are all generally open about how we perceive each other and the patterns of our past conversations seemed to naturally lend to the answers they gave in the interview. Each member of the family had a different view of me and pulled from their own ideals and values to characterize me. For example, my brother Darren is in the Navy, so qualities such as professionalism and effective communication are more important than they may be to my mother- so he mentioned those qualities while others might not have. I would not change the list I wrote above about what is unique to me- each of the interviews hold truth in them even though they are all different. There is so much rich detail in every person that I couldn't expect otherwise.