What's your secret sauce?

1) Describe five ways in which you think you have human capital that is truly unique. What is it about you, exactly, that makes you different? Write this up in a detailed list. 

-Work Ethic
-Social Intelligence and understanding of my peers
-Leadership skills
-Ability to listen intently and not interrupt others when talking
-Efficiency and effectiveness of work

2) Interview the five people who know you the best. Ask them what they think makes you different -- remember, focus on your knowledge, skills, abilities, emotions -- in other words, your human capital. Try to stay away from discussing your other types of capital (such as who you know). Record each interview. In your blog post, please post each interview, as well as a two-three sentence summary of each interview, explaining what your key takeaways are.

Interviews: my 3 roommates, and phone interview with both my parents.

Roommates interviews video:

-My roommates'/friends' responses were about 1. my work ethic 2. me being a good guy and 3. my public speaking. I was not surprised as I thought these things at least related to something in my original 5. My parents interviews are to be discussed below.

Parents interviews:

1.) Dad- In this interview, my fathers response to the question was "You are and have always been a leader in school and on sport's teams throughout your life. I think this will bode well into being an effective entrepreneur." This was not surprising as my dad was at all my sports games growing up and knows me as well as I do so it was no surprise his answer was one of my 5.

2.) Mom- In this interview, my mothers response to the question was "You are a very convincing person, in general, and this could really help you along the lines as a businessman." This was kind of surprising as that this was her answer. I figured it would be one of the 5 above.

I understand I was supposed to do a video but seeing as they are in a different city, I figured just the text of the answer to the question would suffice in addition to the 3 roommates videos.

3) Reflect on the differences. How do you see yourself, and how do others see you? Are there differences in how you assess yourself compared to others? What do you think causes these differences? Do you think your interviewees are correct about you? Finally, going back to your list from part 1, would you make any corrections to the list? How? 

-The difference to me was rather minimal and it didn't surprise me to see most of the things they said in my own lust because my roommates and family know me very well as I have known all of them for a long time. The differences came from mostly perspective issues mainly. Going back to my list, I would not make any changes.

-Mitch