be more sincere

It’s becoming hard to tell what is and isn’t real.

Learn how to work with/deal with people I don’t like or respect without having to resort to phony insincere behavior just to get something done.

Work towards removing myself from these types of environments whenever possible. Surround myself with more genuine spirits to help rid my life of negativity.

I’m a really, really shy person, and I try to be more outgoing with people, but because I’m shy, I think I come off as fake, and therefore untrustworthy. I think I’m scared of doing something that will make others think of me negatively. So the solution is to stop caring what people think of me. Urgh, but to me it seems like it has to be such a huge step. Go from where I am now, to, BAM!, not caring what they think. Easy as pie, right? ><, not easy!

I am sincere now with my friends and my feelings for them.

...But I think I’ve done a fantastic job of reaching it. Driving home last night, I realized that I have become something of an evangelist about my job—I absolutely love what I do, I’m almost always excited to get up and go to work in the morning, and I can see myself doing this job for a long time. This shift in how I feel about the way I spend most of my waking hours…it’s made me a more complete person, and it makes me want the same thing for everyone I know.

How does this make me more sincere? I don’t have to fake being happy or excited about the day-to-day grind. Being happy in my own job makes me better at what I do, makes me a better recruiter-you can’t be good at recruiting if you hate it, because the candidates and clients you work with will know! Sincerity is key. Being good at my job makes me more confident as well-an unexpected bonus!

My stepfather has said for years that my greatest downfall is my inability to be sincere-he’s mostly right, I’m quite terrible at coming across as a genuinely good person. I think I make too many nasty jokes and smirky faces-so I’ll try a little harder.