Engineering and the Good Life

Considering I am close to my parents, the way that I chose my important personal traits was by selecting features that if omitted, would make interacting with my mom and dad more challenging. I selected trust and respect for my vital personal traits, for my chief professional traits I selected diligence and responsibility. I start by explaining what these characteristics consist of, provide an example of how I exhibit these traits, and how they relate to society. Lastly, I compare trust with the other three traits, address any conflicts that exist when applying these traits, and suggest some ways to solve these conflicts.

I believe trust consists of three factors. The first is that an individual should try their best to keep a promise. This is important because a broken promise could jeopardize friendship, trust, or reputation. The second is that one should also aspire to be truthful. Truthfulness is important because it gives me a sense of security that I am telling the truth and not getting reprimanded for telling a lie. Those that are told the truth are also given a sense of security because they feel like they are worth being told what is true. The third factor is that an individual should be considerate of others privacy. This is important because it allows people’s confidential information to remain undisclosed. I demonstrated truthfulness at a south Texas PGA junior golf tournament some years ago. I was checking my score with my opponent whom was also my scorekeeper. I noticed that he had made a mistake when he had written a stroke less than what I really made on one of the holes. I let him now about this error and he corrected it. I ended up finishing second place in that tournament missing first place by three strokes. ...

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...a work environment, this process can be facilitated by giving workers an incentive to complete an accountability and responsibility workshop. In the workshop one of the factors they would discuss would be the fear associated with admitting one has made an error because of the likelihood of being reprimanded. Instead, individuals would be taught the importance of admitting wrongdoings as soon as possible. This is because not doing anything while the problem remains unsolved is only making matters worse.

In conclusion my four key traits necessary for me to live a good life are trust, respect, diligence and responsibility. Trust means being truthful, keeping promises, and keeping confidential information undisclosed. Respect means being considerate to others. Diligence means working to the best of one’s ability. And lastly, responsibility means being accountable.