Tuesday, March 24, 2009

This is me

I made a test at a Danish job site. It's about what kind of person I am when it comes to jobs. I find it quite accurate. Eg. enthusiastic, full of ideas, interested in many different things and likes to debate...


Din type: Iværksætter (ENTP)

"Fokus på innovation og at overvinde forhindringer"

ENTP-typer er ofte entusiastiske, udadvendte og idérige personer, der interesserer sig for mange forskellige ting og holder af at debattere. Deres talent ligger ofte i at udvikle og opbygge idégrundlaget for nyskabende projekter, som de får sat i gang. De er ofte meget uafhængige personer, der kan lide at finde nye måder at anvende teorier på, så de kan effektivisere de eksisterende processer i organisationen eller produktionen. De ser ikke problemer, men kun muligheder for udvikling.

For ENTPer er det derfor vigtigt, at organisationen eller virksomheden er ubureaukratisk og har en løs struktur med få regler, der muliggør hurtige forandringer. Ofte vil man finde ENTPer i job, hvor de kan bruge deres evne til at skabe fornyelse og forandring, så de kan overvinde forhindringer og løse opgaverne på en ny og smartere måde. Da de er interesserede i næsten alting, finder man dem i mange forskellige typer stillinger, der er karakteristisk ved, at deres analytiske sind udfordres.

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ENTP - the different dimensions

E - Ekstrovert
Du bliver ofte oplevet af andre personer som et meget talende menneske, der spreder energi og vækker entusiasme hos andre. Du fokuserer generelt på mennesker og ting omkring dig. Du tænker som regel ikke så længe over et spørgsmål, før du har et hurtigt svar parat. Er du til et møde, vil du ofte være at finde i livlig diskussion med en større gruppe mennesker. Får du e-mail, vil du ofte svare kort, da du foretrækker at kommu­nikere ansigt til ansigt med et andet menneske. Du vil ofte have behov for at snakke dig frem til en konklusion under et møde frem for at tænke over den alene, da du tænker bedst, når du taler. Du må ofte søge at dæmpe din udtryksiver, så de mere introverte i gruppen kan komme til udtryk.

Monday, March 23, 2009

Slitting up pregnant women's bellies

They just showed interviews with Danish doctors from Mèdecins Sant Frontiéres. They told short stories about what they had experienced from different conflicts. One woman, who worked in Sierra Leone, talked about how it felt when a man called the Butcher came in with a crushed leg and onto her table. He used to walk around with a machete, slitting pregnant women's bellies up with the machete just for fun. He and his friends bet on whether it was a baby girl or a baby boy.

Listening to their stories might make a person either change channel, feel happy that they are home and safe and still full after supper...or, like I am, feeling that I am doing pretty much everything than what I should and want to do. What am I doing here?

On the subject age difference

Conclusion: it doesn't matter.

Some people seem to worry a lot about age differences but friends can be found in any age. What you have in common and can share hasn't anything to do with how many years you have lived. Considered how many people I know in my own age that I have less than little in common with or share values and opinions with, compared how many people I know and have known that are both younger and not the least older that I get along with just fine and better than fine. Life it too short for a lot of things and narrowing down possible friends because of something as trivial as age is one of those things.

Monday, March 02, 2009

What would life be without music?

Not much. These are, in combination with my mobile, my best friends at work. What would I do without music while working.