Quick poll - participation appreciated

[Manee]

Hi,

Got a quick poll up. Would appreciate voting Yes or No. I'm not hoping to stimulate a discussion, I'm just interested in the results for a reason which is pretty uninteresting. Please do not look at the results before voting.

Q. I try too hard in life to impress others.

Thank you.

Manraj.

EDIT: Don't read much into what 'too hard' means, it isn't the point of the poll.

 

[fredfertang]

Answer would've been different 15 years ago

 

[Marcuss]

Well surely everyone tries as hard as they think is necessary?

 

[Manee]

Answer would've been different 15 years ago

Wasn't the point of the thread to decide things like this but am interested anyway to know what you think the consensus will be now, what you think it would be then and why.

Well surely everyone tries as hard as they think is necessary?

Not necessarily. Some have a short term compulsion to do more than they feel upon long term reflection is required.

BTW, current results are not what I expected. Though the CW community may be an anomaly in that regard.

 

[Howe_zat]

I do, I'm just very impatient with it.

 

[NUFAN]

I voted no. I hope you all think more highly of me now.

 

[uvelocity]

I give such a low amount of **** I didn't vote

 

[fredfertang]

Wasn't the point of the thread to decide things like this but am interested anyway to know what you think the consensus will be now, what you think it would be then and why.

On reflection that wasn't very well expressed - I said no, but 15 years would have said yes, because I was a nice bloke then trying to make my way in the world - I'm a cynical old **** these days

 

[Prince EWS]

It would have been interesting to know how different the results to this poll would've been if it was public, for reasons NUFAN kind of touched on.

 

[HeathDavisSpeed]

I tried to vote and it crashed my browser. For a while, I thought Manee had set it up to crash browsers in order to look cooler.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Voted no. I do have a cloying need to be liked*, which I consider one of my biggest character flaws (and it faces some effing stiff competition too), but I'm generally more likely to have to reign myself in rather than actively trying to impress people as I come across as a smug know-it-all without too much effort.

*Except for by the very few people I think are ****s.

 

[Red Hill]

When I was younger I tried to be everything to everyone, and I was pretty charismatic as well.

As I got older (married, had kids etc) I realized I cared a lot about impressing people when it didn't really matter. Now I focus on a couple of particular things I am really good at, and forget the rest. Happier now too.

 

[Burgey]

On reflection that wasn't very well expressed - I said no, but 15 years would have said yes, because I was a nice bloke then trying to make my way in the world - I'm a cynical old **** these days

This.

 

[Manee]

I honestly thought the majority would answer 'yes'. I just the phrasing was something that everyone thought they did.

 

[grecian]

On reflection that wasn't very well expressed - I said no, but 15 years would have said yes, because I was a nice bloke then trying to make my way in the world - I'm a cynical old **** these days

This.

yeah this too, got worse as I've got older, probably was never particularly nice though...

 

[wellAlbidarned]

It comes and goes in cycles, though what I generally find is that people aren't impressed by someone who looks like they're actively trying hard to impress others. Kick back, do your own thing, be nice to people and you'll impress the people who matter without trying. That's ideal anyway, I suck at following my own advice.

 

[Manee]

So yeah, I did this poll because I started doing some reading into TMS which is the view of Dr John Sarno that a lot of pain is the body's way of diverting attention from emotional pain. Sounds a bit rubbish until you read more and see that he has helped a lot of people. Was just checking with an arbitrary selection of one of his personality criteria that he wasn't just saying things which apply to everyone.

The back pain that I've had since February 2011 has pretty much disappeared now that I realized it was a case of TMS and I am indebted to him for that.

 

[benchmark00]

Listening to Test Match Sofa makes other parts of you hurt instead of just your back? Not surprising imo.