Where I work I take, administer, deliver and get
certified on dozens of personality, leadership and derailed inventories.
But
really-nothing tells it like it is like watching someone eats a piece of corn
in the summer.
(Or watching a couple interacts who are married . A post
for another time. Inspired by couple I saw other day who were married 20 yrs.
and so so polite to each other. Weird! Felt like they were trying to totally impress
each other and strangers. Freaked me out a bit). I digress. Let’s begin with
corn. It has been said that the way a person eats (or tackles) a corn on a cob
is reflective of the way they run their life. I can agree 150%.
Bear-methodical
rows of tidy and standardized and operationalixed corn eating. Row by row. Some
butter and salt in equal and measured amounts. None of it dripping. A napkin in
preparation. Flosses after dinner.
Chase-surprising
quite neat- but then reverts to chaotic..but then eats often only part and
moves onto the next thing on plate and throws the rest out.
Beauty-systematic
and organized but eats over her lap vs the plate. Lots of corn on the floor-but
looks at corn a lot while eating and strategizes
how to best eat it (she is a hidden neat freak who is messy and has not yet
come out of the closet-at all!)
My
Protector-used to be like Bear and methodical and systematic
and now a little systematic and a little chaotic. Also when everyone has 1 corn
he has 4 cons and eats the leftovers of others. Perfect corn eater and balance
of tidy and messy
Me: A
sorry state of affairs. No rows, no rhyme or reason, no system. Lots of butter
and salt and corn squirting juice everywhere and all over my face. Forgets
napkins or take three or four. Leave many niblets on cob. Messy.
Now..You may be very surprised at how I eat corn? It is
way I run life surpriosingly. Surroundings
a bit chaotic and messy…but incredible organization, stayed, planning, executive
functioning. I forget nothing..I plan everything. Chaotic and messy while
doing it. A paradox..works for me and equally gets on mine and others nerves.
Parts of my inate personality and parts are choices I consciously choose. I prefer to nuture
relationships than things. I don’t mind a bit of mess in things I live in or
own-but don’t want any mess with ones I love.
Corn says it all as far as I am concerned
If you want to make changes in your life-alter the corn
first
How do you eat your cob??
