An important personality trait, my opinion Options

[jgreening]

I had this thought after reading all the cry-baby threads lately and have chosen to share it.

There are a number of qualities or personality traits that people whom I admire greatly have in common. One of those qualities is the ability to gracefully address stressful situations in a productive way.

Lets deconstruct that sentence for a bit. 1. "stressful situation" - i.e. any situation where you do or SHOULD feel concerned about the outcome. 2. "address" - someone who actually engages in the issue - not simply just blows it off. 3. "productive way" - i.e. resolves the issue and maximizes the result. 4. "gracefully" - is calm, reassuring, humble, and positive in the process.

Think about the people you know who possess this ability. I would bet they are pretty good folks.

[Silver94CelicaOw...]

6GC is home to the people that love the 6th generation Celica, thats all.

We come here for fun, to learn and share from our first-hand experience, and to contruibute to a greater knowledge of what it is we do. I try to make sure that I keep this in mind all the time, and its important we all do to keep things moving foward.
I'm happy to say that I missed out on most of "the babiness" for quite some time but when I run across it last night, it leaves a bad taste in my mouth to see people not getting along here. 6GC shouldn't be like that to anyone, and if people are becoming downright personal with eachother it becomes ugly. Lets face it....this site is very one-on-one, and we all know eachother quite well.

The problem is that both sides want to prove something when theres a disagreement, and flex some proverbial muscle to prove they're right.....it's only in our nature to be like that, and we all know its true. It's because we all pride ourselves in what we do and our methods, and when people threaten that sanctuary its a matter of ego, plain and simple. Unfortunately thats not good for anyone, it drives away the parties that aren't even INVOLVED in the matter because its not something you want to be around. I had to scoot away from several threads last night just because of that reason.....it's unneccesary. Sometimes it takes the bigger man to not say a thing rather than try to get the last word in. I want to be able to sit down and read and enjoy, thats all.

When something inhibits my ability to enjoy what I love most, thats when I have a problem....its nothing personal that I'm aiming at anyone, just something that the involved parties will have to work out and stop. I want to enjoy the site, and be friends with everyone here just the same. Do you think we can all do that?




I'm no high and mighty voice in the matter, but I'm sure I speak in the interests of many.