Fall 2019 Montgomery College COM 108 Self-Concept Essay

This essay, written for Montgomery College's COM 108: Introduction to Human Communication course, reflects on the student's self-concept. The student identifies diligence, thoughtfulness, and self-motivation as core traits, attributing their development to parental influence and life experiences. The essay details how these qualities manifest in the student's approach to academics, decision-making, and personal goals. The student emphasizes the importance of internal locus of control and the pursuit of a unique, industrious path, highlighting the value of introspection, careful consideration of outcomes, and the pursuit of success and dignity. The paper provides a personal narrative of self-discovery and the shaping of identity through lived experiences and choices.

Running head: SELF-CONCEPT
Self-Concept
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Living in a society where people portray the normality in their personalities such as
getting bored, annoyed, lazy, and hardworking, among many more are the factors in life that
shape one's self-concept. A person may choose to do what the people in the environment do or
take an extra mile of living in the unique personality. For me, taking the extra mile and living out
of the normalcy is the path that I chose to live regardless of the society that I am in. To fit in the
competitive and high economy, I embrace being diligent, thoughtful, and self-motivating not just
to meet in but to conquer societal stumbling blocks.
In the true definition of me, hardworking with full of diligence or in simpler term
industrious is the word. It is standard in the society for people to get bored and withdraw from
the community where over-dependency takes over may it be material or emotional. And to avoid
the occurrence of such situations, I clothed myself with industry with a single aim of breaking
through the improbability and beating the odds in the society. For example, I am equipped with
academic and experience knowledge and skills in different aspects in the community that have
enabled me to fit in, and thus, I can outsource my daily bread with no significant barriers. An
example to show how diligent I am is that, by the end of the day, I take interest in avoiding
procrastination and ensuring that I on time complete my target tasks. Nurture from my
parents was the source of my hardworking and growing, seeing them live by what they were
bringing me up to be instilled in me this factor.
I am thoughtful in that before the decision is made, I first and fully reflect and
contemplate of the outcomes, risks and best of it all, benefits. I describe that factor of being
thoughtful as the driver to my hard work. This is a factor applied in every aspect of life to ensure
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that outcomes of a strategy or step are more of benefits and less of harm and negativities.
Another significant factor that I usually contemplate on in my day to day decisions is the impact
on my personality and dignity. For example, it is normal to encounter complex situations in
the course of daily activities and thus I demonstrate my skills of being thoughtful. Being
introspective and comprehensive in such was the influence of life experience and a guide in
decision making in general. After a series of falls, repercussions from the bad decisions that I
made, taught me how to think in detail before making a step.
In demonstrating my internal locus of control, I am motivated from within, and I drive
myself, I have self-motivation. This factor has instilled in me interpersonal skills and values that
are being an initiator, ambitious, dynamics, very keen, goal-oriented, problem-solver and
enthusiastic. For example, even after a long search of the white-collar job to no avail, I do not
give up. Also, the happiness and passion that I have for life in addition to the general sense
of well being are examples of how I demonstrate being self-motivated. As an initiator, self
motivation is additionally evidenced by my passion to work and explore all the available
opportunities in the community. I attained the personality if self-motivation after I realized that
my previous failures were the result of the external locus of controls that I had. Previously, I
believed and depended on motivation from others where when it failed, and it took time and
suffering to rise again.
Therefore, I am a hardworking individual guided by a trait of being industrious and
driven by decisions made out of severe and contemplative thoughts that aim at success and
dignity. Day to day life predisposes an individual to a point of self-redefinition of the
attributes possessed. The values are traits that enable such a person to maneuver and be an
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achiever. With the outcome of my personalities, the three objectives that I will still
recommend industrious, thoughtful and self-motivated.
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