According to The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens by Sean Covey paradigms are perceptions about the way things are and are usually untrue and incomplete. Paradigms,of yourself, usually hold you back. An example of that would be when i was in elementary and middle school.
I was rather shy and quiet. I had friends but I was too scared to talk to other kids, especially the popular kids. I thought if I was outgoing they would not like me and the would think i was odd. I was afraid I would be made fun of. Eventually, in the fourth grade, I made friends that made me feel comfortable enough to be myself. They were fun and loud and people still liked them. Since fourth grade i have become much more of a people person. I am not shy or quiet in the least and I make new friends everyday.
The paradigm I had about myself is that people would not like the real me. However, I came to find out the people i cared about liked me being myself and once I got used to it I did not care if other people didn't like it.
I was rather shy and quiet. I had friends but I was too scared to talk to other kids, especially the popular kids. I thought if I was outgoing they would not like me and the would think i was odd. I was afraid I would be made fun of. Eventually, in the fourth grade, I made friends that made me feel comfortable enough to be myself. They were fun and loud and people still liked them. Since fourth grade i have become much more of a people person. I am not shy or quiet in the least and I make new friends everyday.
The paradigm I had about myself is that people would not like the real me. However, I came to find out the people i cared about liked me being myself and once I got used to it I did not care if other people didn't like it.
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