Apparently, I have a problem selling myself. This is a problem, since interviews need to be a promotion of one's best characteristics or an embellishment of one's mediocre attributes into something with a semblance of importance. For some reason, this present both a mental and moral dilemma for me. First, my life and experiences have not been that exciting. Therefore, I am one of those people who are forced to make mountains out of the proverbial molehills that I possess for experiences. Secondly, I have a moral problem with "selling myself." To me, it borders the idea of prostitution too closely. Rather than a bargain of flesh, there is a selling of the soul. Additionally, I was always instructed to act with modesty. Modesty does not entail telling people how wonderful I am and what I can do to help you that no one else can do. I suppose I have a bit of an insuperiority complex. I know I am not the best person for the job. There are thousands, if not tens of thousands, of people more well-suited for the position than me. Therefore, i feel neither comfortable nor confident about lying to an interviewer and telling them that I am the next best thing for their organization; because, in truth, I am not.
I have been advised that promoting myself is a necessity as well as a fact of life I need if I wish to be successful. Those sources are of the mindset of "why not me," as if the world owes them something. The world owes me nothing for I have done nothing for the world. Hence, my problem...
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