Assignment 6: Work Ethic

Someone once said, "Don't be upset with the results you didn't get from the work you didn't do". I find that this quote speaks the utmost truth. In order for us to achieve anything and get the results we want, we have to work hard. And to work hard we have to have a good work ethic. Work ethic can be defined as "a set of values centered on the importance of doing work and reflected especially in a desire or determination to work hard" (Work). The Occupational Work Ethic Inventory (a.k.a OWEI) is an instrument that helps measures work ethic. This instrument measures a person's work ethic by measuring their Interpersonal Skills, Initiative, and Being Dependent. To find out if I had a good work ethic, I decided to try this instrument out which can be found with the link at the top.

After testing this instrument out, I was pleasantly surprised when I was given my results. Under the Interpersonal Skills, I scored 6.56 out of 7. Next, under the Initiative skill, I scored 6.19 out of 7. Lastly for the Being Dependent skill, I scored a 6.57 out of 7. The instrument even provided a table of results from working adults to compare my results with theirs. This helped show me where I fit in and even showed me that I was well above the averages shown on the table provided. I think the one thing I learned about myself is that although I am a hard dependable worker, I have to work on being more initiative. Going forward this year, I plan to try and bring more creativity and imagination to the table at my internship so that I can be as resourceful as possible.

“Work Ethic.” Merriam-Webster, Merriam-Webster, www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/work%20ethic.

And now to give an end to this post here is some inspirational advice from the great artist, Rihanna: