How do I answer this question on my application? What do I need to think of?

Question

How would you describe your philosophy of life-your personal commitments, set of guiding principles, or deepest beliefs? Ive never answered this question before, and I dont know where to start. Can somebody help me? Thanks

college application?

Answer 1

Well, the best way to get through this is to ask yourself additional questions. The answers are there; you have your own principles and personal quidelines and stuff, you've just never thought about it. Give yourself some hypothetical situations and ask yourself how you would react to them and why. Like say you have a best friend who is cheating on his spouse-would you tell her? Or would you speak to him about it? Would you stand back and do nothing? The way that you act and feel in certain situs helps define your character, and thus your own principles. Maybe I did'nt come up up with a very good example, but, I guess just ask yourself why you do what you do, how is it that you have gotten to where you are now, and you'll have your answers.

Answer 2

Mizzeldar's response is excellent. I'll add a couple more ideas.

You might think about what's important to you, like friends, family, religions, and how these influence your decisions. Think about what kind of careers would make you satisfied or unsatisfied. Think about people you admire (or don't admire) and what qualities of theirs affect you. Think about current events and what really strikes you as wonderful, disturbing, etc. Just brainstorm about significant things in your life. Look around your room and think about your most important possessions. Watch the news. What were the most significant events that happened to you last week, last year, 10 years ago. What book, poem, or movie has moved you the most. What's your favorite class and why? What's your favorite quote from a song or movie? You may not write about these things in your essay, but these kinds of questions may help you get started reflecting on yourself and your values.

I would set aside a lot of time for brainstorming -- a couple of weeks at least. Just sit down at a blank page or computer screen and start writing whatever comes into your mind. Go on for a number of pages and days. Then come back later (days later, maybe) and start structuring your thoughts into an outline. Also, wrote a draft and let it sit for week.

My suggestions have been all over the place. But I would pick one significant idea or theme for your essay. I would also suggest getting into concrete details about you when write your essay. Remember that you are trying are to stand out among the hundreds of other essays they will read. Don't just say really general stuff about friendship or honesty or helping others or whatever. It might even help to be really quirky when you come up with your guiding philosophy -- something unusual and funny.

Answer 3

I would approach this question by thinking of an ethical, relationship or work related delimna. Then I would try to think about how I would approach it, and why. Then maybe you'll start to realize what your overarching values are, and what principles/values guide your life.

An employer really wants to hear about honesty, integrity, excellence, commitment, fairness etc.

Answer 4

This may sound silly, but look up the words in the dictionary or thesaurus (dictionary.com or thesaurus.com) first. Even if I know what a word means, looking at its definition--or words like it--helps me think about what I'm supposed to do with them.

I think that this company wants to know about your personal integrity. Are you wanting this job (or is this a college application?) only because you need money? Or do you want to have this job because you want to grow as a person--both in your professional and personal life?

You might talk about how you want to work at a company that you believe in (think about if you would work for a company that you knew was cheating people).

Before you write, think about what motivates you and what boundaries you have (your personal integrity...honesty, fairness, etc.)

I hope that helps a little bit. Good luck!

Answer 5

Actually I have several I think of.

Success comes before work only in the dictionary!

Ships don't come in, they're brought in! ( think tugboats )

How can I expect life to be a bowl of cherries if I'm always sour grapes?

If not me then who?
If not now, then when?

Answer 6

If this is a business application, talk about team work, supporting the leadership, continuous improvement process, and how your work is not limited to your department but also how it affects the whole supply chain from your vendor's vendors to your customer's customer.

Answer 7

agree- you desire to be noticeable as a chief however no longer like youre taking your bosss process or nethin strongly agree- you dont desire to be noticeable as a squidward disagree- you desire to look such as you like bein circular peeps however no longer such a lot that youre codependent or nothin