At the start of the unit, we separated the class into four groups depending on what personalities we had when in a group. I thought I identified more with the caring personality, this meant that in a group task something I would focus more into is to make sure everyone is on board with what the group is doing. The advantages of having this personality when working in a group include having a better environment as more feel comfortable, and having many other opinions and ideas, on the other hand, the disadvantage is that the process tends to become slower than usual group tasks.
Then we talked about emotional intelligence and how to improve it. I think that a good way in which I can improve emotional intelligence is by trying to understand more about others and how to judge others personalities. Grit was another topic we had observed, this was showing the value of having grit and opinions on how to improve grit. I understood that the value of grit is that in the IB grit helps with persevering and not giving up which is crucial as there are many hard tasks that are given, being a mixture of both long-term and short-term tasks which make it hard to manage and really need grit in order to keep doing it while managing other tasks both in and out of school. Self-control compliments grit as having self-control can make it easier to juggle all the different commitments that I need to attend to and not be too focused on only one commitment and then struggle later on with catching up on the rest.
