Is it possible to take pride in my work?
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all graduate students are underpaid and exploited. youre not alone! grad students are cheap labor, and schools take advantage of that. if your school has some kind of counseling program, i would make an appointment and talk to them, if only to vent. they may be able to help you cope with what youre feeling. you are not a failure, youre an academic! and one day it will pay off!
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No, it has nothing to do with pride.  Americans DO take pride in their work, but not because of its quality, rather because of its quantity and the speed and efficiency with which the products are produced.  We don't think about much besides profit and the ability to work less.  The quality of the products depends more on the fact that we've begun to cater to an increasingly large world, and the consumer society is enveloping (has already enveloped) industrialized countries.  Capitalism and democracy go hand in hand, and with such commercial demand, the ability to create a sufficient stockpile results in the inability to make that stockpile full of the highest quality (or even decent quality) items.  Sad, but that's how it is.\n\nAlso, it's simply financially suicidal to substitute quality for quantity.  Corporations and other businesses care more about profits than they do about the ultimate satsfaction derived from the sale of their goods.  (Not all of them are like this, though.  This is a generalization.)  We're too cheap to care that it's not as good as it could be, and the American Dream caters to this ideal that money is more important than a lot, including a job well done.\n\n(On a more cynical note, though I'm not always of the same opinion, there's the argument that a decent/satisfactory product will last only half as long as a good/great product, necessitating the purchase of a similar product within only half the period of time.  This equals more profit for companies...)
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Be on TIme\nDress professionaly\nDo your work as told...\nBe organized and motivated\nBe creative, if you think something can be done in a more affective way... give suggestions.\nAlways be honest and humble... your hard work will pay off and someone will notice! best of luck
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Your pros should be strengths, and your weakensses should also be disguised strengths.\n\nExample:\n\nI'm working on being a little less detail oriented, but producing accurate work is important to me.  Sometimes I spend too long trying to find minor errors.
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you need to be committed and passionate with your job
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I wish you well Monitorhead it is a tough habit to break but you can certainly do it. You will feel proud of yourself when it is all said and done. Everyone has a different means of motivating themselves, find yours and \nstick with it my friend. Wishing you the best, and know you will succeed.
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shred it. no matter what you wrote.\ntransform your appreciation into motivation to work hard.\ndont talk about it. just do it. \norganize yourself and go go go!\ngood luck ;)
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Well yes, if you feel you can afford to, or you would get dragged down a lot by a job you weren't passionate about. If you love your career, then your more likely to give more of yourself to it, and work harder at it. So doing what you love, and taking that far, can get you a lucrative career. So you have your cake and eat it too!!!
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"The person who works has self respect".
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Assess yourself as to what was your task and what you have achieved.  If you have any assignment, think what efforts you are putting in its discharge.  Don't depend on the present speed of your efforts, always continue to accelerate speed of your efforts towards best, fast and results oriented. You will know yourself well and find where you stand, thus you will need no opinion about you from others.  Your above question reveals that you are a good accountable and responsible person.  Good Luck.
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Yes, there is.  Just study hard and pay attention to detail.  It's not just designs you make, it's who you impress.  Always be professional, no matter what the situation.  Good luck!  Sounds like a fun adventure!
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You have no pride problem.  Absolutely not!  You have a very good ego and sense of self esteem, as it should be.  I am glad you love your mirror as much as I love  mine.
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There is nothing wrong with being proud of one's noble accomplishments.  Only hubris, excessive pride, is harmful.
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Just be confident in what you did accomplish instead of what you did not get done
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Yes it can be done. If you are good at what you are doing, you can indeed find it.
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You're doing a favor for a friend in the office and that person is criticizing you for the speed at which you do it?  It still had to be faster than he could do it himself.\n\nI'd probably of told him. "You're right, I'm much too slow at this.  Let me give it back to you so you can finish it more quickly."\n\nAt that point, I would have ended my help and started my own work instead.\n\nPeople can only take advantage of you when you allow it.  By standing up for yourself, you'll demonstrate self respect and a demand for respect from others.
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Pride of course because I am absolutely so much better than you and all of the other people on this website.\nWhy, you should feel honored by my beauty and brilliance.\nYou aren't really worthy of my answer, but since I feel so generous today I suppose, I could tell you.\nBut of course, don't get all air headed just because I answered your question. I know.. I know..I'm more beautiful than you...\nIt's just something you'll have to live with.