Wednesday, March 31, 2004
Time focus as a Personality Trait discriminant
I have this theory that one major "personality" factor is the amount of focus on past, present and future. I myself am very future focused - perhaps to an extreme degree. People that are past focused often seem dysfunctional to me. I had a guy who worked for me that was a Civil War re-enactor. He was barely functional in the present. He was obsessed with the details of things that happened more than 100 years ago. His personal life was a wreck and he was not a great employee. It seems to me that past focus is often manifested as grudge-holding and dissatisfaction.
Conservatives seem generally past-focused. Liberals seem generally future-focused. Perhaps this is too simplistic. I would like to see someone study this.
I have this theory that one major "personality" factor is the amount of focus on past, present and future. I myself am very future focused - perhaps to an extreme degree. People that are past focused often seem dysfunctional to me. I had a guy who worked for me that was a Civil War re-enactor. He was barely functional in the present. He was obsessed with the details of things that happened more than 100 years ago. His personal life was a wreck and he was not a great employee. It seems to me that past focus is often manifested as grudge-holding and dissatisfaction.
Conservatives seem generally past-focused. Liberals seem generally future-focused. Perhaps this is too simplistic. I would like to see someone study this.
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