Self-Authoring Present Authoring - Faults Analysis 

Faults Analysis

Below is a copy of your report.

Your Faults

Extraversion/Introversion

• Often feel uncomfortable around others

• Have too little to say

• Don't laugh much or have fun

• Bottle up my feelings

• Am a very private person

• Wait for others to lead the way

• Feel drained by social interactions

• Am not very enthusiastic

• Could be more socially skilled

• Have a social circle that is too small

Openness/Traditionalism

• Am interested in so many things that I don't know what to focus on

• Have a hard time planning for the future because I am interested in everything

• Am sometimes attracted by ideas that are radical but have not been thought through

• Sometimes see meaning in things that probably isn't there

• Have a hard time making up my mind because I can always see all the sides of an argument

• Can become possessed by an idea

• Daydream too much

• Have had a hard time forming a clear identity

• Do not involve myself in creative activities

• Seldom seek out new experiences

Conscientiousness/Carelessness

• Am too perfectionistic

• Can be very judgemental

• Always believe that failure is a consequence of insufficient personal effort

• Don't like to tidy up

• Surf the web or watch TV or waste time in other ways even if I have a project due

• Am without real ambition

• Frequently make excuses

• Often procrastinate

• Waste my time

• Have few clearly defined goals

Emotional Stability/Low Stress Tolerance

• Do not seem to benefit from negative feedback

• Am too self-conscious for my own good

• Blow little things out of proportion

• Feel ashamed of my body

• Feel inadequate when introduced to new people

• Feel too fearful, afraid and anxious

• Compare myself unfavorably to other people

• Get stressed out easily

• Let my fears stop me from doing things I want to do

• Often feel depressed and blue

Agreeable/Assertive

• Cannot negotiate for myself very well

• Will sacrifice my own feelings for the comfort of others

• Find myself too upset after I have a conflict with someone

• Am sometimes dominated by other people

• Don't know how to deal with mean people

Faults Analyses

Have few clearly defined goals

An Experience Due to the Fault

• Other than when I was training for the half-marathon or was intent on finding a girlfriend I haven't really had any defined goals after I finished high school. In high school the main goal was to get into university, specifically into the Computer Science and Business program. But once I got into that program I didn't have any defined goals of what I wanted to do with that degree, what I would do after which I think is one of a number of reasons I didn't do well in my courses and I decided to drop out of the program which is the experience I'll write about. The scope of the double-degree program was too broad for me to clearly define any career paths to aim for, I was just wanting to keep my options open which wasn't good because it was a program that required a lot of hard work with difficult courses in two different fields simultaneously. And it's not like I was working towards two goals at the same time - I didn't have any end goals with either the Computer Science or the Business. I was just hoping that by taking the courses, doing the work, I would end up finding a job that would make me happy that was relevant to everything I was studying. I guess I didn't realize that to have a career means to specialize in something, to do one thing well. Or at least I didn't think it would be beneficial for me to think about what I would specialize in at that time. When have I believed it was time to specialize? I don't think I have yet. After switching out of the program my focus became even more general with contemplating dozens of arts majors I could pursue and still trying to take business courses along side it. To be fair, maybe this is what I needed to do since I didn't know what I wanted to do for sure but this long period of keeping my options open, not having one career path to work towards open, I spent a lot of time and money on these studies and now have little to show for it.

A Possible Alternative Outcome

• What I could've done differently going into university was picking a program that wasn't so broad and I knew what career path it was headed towards. I probably should've decided on either just Computer Science or Business as my program rather than the double degree program which I did mainly because it sounded prestigious and kept my options open. I also could've done more research about what kind of jobs I would want to work towards so I had more motivation in my courses and what I could work on outside of courses on my own to better my chances of getting these jobs (i.e. side projects, volunteering). I think knowing what I know now about myself and about Computer Science, I wouldn't have gone that route and I would've applied for just Accounting programs which I had been thinking about in my earlier high school years as a career I could potentially pursue. I don't think I have the problem solving skills or the IQ to be in Computer Science but I had fun in the Grade 11 and 12 courses and my high school grades were inflated which is how I got accepted into it. With accounting there is more defined career paths and goals to work towards such as CPA designation. But back to the problem, I also don't think I wanted to clearly define any goals because I didn't want to be tied down to anything (Peter Pan syndrome).

Guidelines for General Improvement

I'm still not very good at setting clearly defined goals. I don't really have any at the moment which is not good. To improve at this fault I could set aside a specific time every week to write down goals and review my progress on my goals.

Am too self-conscious for my own good

• An Experience Due to the Fault

• A Possible Alternative Outcome

• Guidelines for General Improvement

Surf the web or watch TV or waste time in other ways even if I have a project due

• An Experience Due to the Fault

• A Possible Alternative Outcome

• Guidelines for General Improvement

Have had a hard time forming a clear identity

• An Experience Due to the Fault

• A Possible Alternative Outcome

• Guidelines for General Improvement

Let my fears stop me from doing things I want to do

• An Experience Due to the Fault

• A Possible Alternative Outcome

• Guidelines for General Improvement

Have too little to say

• An Experience Due to the Fault

• A Possible Alternative Outcome

• Guidelines for General Improvement

Sometimes see meaning in things that probably isn't there

• An Experience Due to the Fault

• A Possible Alternative Outcome

• Guidelines for General Improvement

Have a hard time planning for the future because I am interested in everything

• An Experience Due to the Fault

• A Possible Alternative Outcome

• Guidelines for General Improvement

Am not very enthusiastic

• An Experience Due to the Fault

• A Possible Alternative Outcome

• Guidelines for General Improvement