My Secret Sauce

1. Describe in five ways which my human capital is unique.

My time management and organization skills are big assets in my daily life. Beyond my engineering classwork, I am an officer for two different clubs (one that I founded), all of which requires a large amount of time. I plan my schedule factoring in spontaneous meet ups with friends and other unforeseen events, giving me time to complete everything I need.

When I become interested in something, I can spend large portions of my free time just learning about it. This quality of being passionately analytical, means that strive to know as much as I can about every aspect of something. How it works, why it's designed this way, etc. Which can lead to a better understanding of other things as well.

There are not many things that I can just pick up without much effort. This means I've developed a very good work ethic over time. If I want to do well on a class or give a good presentation, I know how hard I need to strive to accomplish the task.

If I feel that myself or someone near me is doing something wrong, I stop it. Though this can cause issues with certain people, overall I think it has a positive impact with myself and the people around me. Adherence to my personal ethics mean that I try to be  the best person I can to make other people's lives better, which I feel is an important endeavor.

Finally, I believe that I have a good leadership style. Most of it was developed during my years of Boy Scouts, where I served several terms in charge of the whole troop as well as worked my way towards Eagle Scout. This is continued today where I am a leader in my student organizations. As a leader, I feel my duty it to raise other people to their potential. It's about getting others to want to accomplish a goal, often by being the example others look towards.

2. Interview five people

My friend thought being analytical was a very strong trait I possess. I tend to dive into things ("nerd stuff" as she calls it) and try to understand everything I can about it.

My mom said I has a strong moral compass, as well as a drive to get stuff done. Particularly breaking a project into parts to make it more manageable. 

My dad also commented on my adherence to rules, though it can be a hindrance at times. Like my mom, he mentioned I do try to work ahead intelligently. He also commented on me diving into things I'm enthusiastic about to understand them, better.

This friend mentioned that I tend to focus more on work and getting it done compared to many others. He also said (alluding to my "obsession" with Star Wars), that I do tend to learn a lot about what interest me. 

They also mention that I tend to have a good work ethic. And like the others before, that I do get visibly passionate about things that interest me. 

3. Reflection

Based of these responses I do think people have similar thought about me. Particularly about being passionate about things (like Star Wars). I agree with what everyone said, even when certain traits, such as being a rule follower, can be bad. I don't think I would change much about my original list except maybe reordering them to more accurately reflect the most common traits people mentioned.