On what makes a person awesome

Suppose you're applying for a job. Suppose it’s not just a regular job but something you really want. Suppose in order to get the job, you have to convince the company that you’re awesome. How will you do it?

I’d been dwelling on this thought for some time now. There is a job out there that requires a video of applicants talking about themselves and what makes them awesome. It is a great challenge. I think it's purpose is to determine if applicants will be able to sell themselves. I understood it as: "if you can sell your flaws and make yourself the perfect package despite those flaws, then it’s a good reflection that you can sell anything."

I have trouble selling myself. I find it difficult to sell myself without bragging or sounding cocky. Others may have executed theirs and were still able to sound nice but looking at the many clips I prepared, I puked at the thought of it ever coming out.

You see, I was raised by conservative parents that value humility and respect. I was raised thinking that whatever makes me special is unique to me and just because I have attributes that cannot be found on others don’t necessarily mean I’m a much better person. It just so happen that my forte is different, period.

I admit that after a few days of self-reflection, I managed to come up with a video that is a little haphazard to my taste. It’s not my best work but what I liked about it is that I didn’t sound cocky. Maybe it has something to do that I said very little and let the music and text to do the talking. I didn’t entirely answer the part of what makes me awesome in the video. I have photos of me doing numerous tasks under the passion part of the video but other than that, I should have sell myself more and expounded more – and I should have sold them humility and my other values that I think make me awesome.

Yes.  Perhaps, I should have done that.

Perhaps, I should have pointed out that sometimes, it’s not just the technical skills or a person’s passion or interests that make them awesome.

Sometimes, to be awesome, one only needs to stick true to what s/he believes.  At least for me, that is awesome enough.  And perhaps, it might have been good enough for them as well.