Good character
In George Pullman’s “Persuasion” Chapter 2 he gives a very thorough description of persuasion and what it is intended to be. He goes into detail about how the best way to learn a new skill is to go and ty it out for yourself which I found very interesting because this can truly correlate to most of the things in our lives. To sharpen your skills, you have to be able to be humble and open-minded to give yourself to best opportunity to succeed. My favorite section of Chapter 2 was the “Good character” because Pullman starts off by challenging the theory of people thinking actions and character are aligned or connected. We as a society truly sometimes don’t think in depth of what a good character is because as I was reading Pullman’s list of good character traits, the more I kept reading I realized that I did not possess all of the traits on there. Pullman went on to ask the audience who was the most sensible person that they knew as well as if we have ever met anyone who’s judgment we did not trust. To answer the first question the most sensible person that I know right now is Mark Smith, the head athletic trainer for Georgia Tech Football. The reason I say this is because last spring I had an ankle reconstruction surgery that was followed by a long and exhausting rehab which was an extreme challenge for me both mentally and physically. When I felt overwhelmed Mark would always show signs of wisdom by just being there for me, whether it be pushing me to work a little harder, being smart with managing my player load, or just simply just giving me an ear to listen when I just needed to talk. Seeing how Mark also gave such loving and attentive care to the rest of teammates made me appreciate him on a new level. On the other hand, there have unfortunately been some people who opinion just kept I would not trust like the head football athletic trainer from my time at my old school. They weren’t truly invested in their players being as healthy as they can be, I saw players including myself being forced to play through lingering injuries. This made me lose all of my confidence in them, so I found myself in situations where I couldn’t.