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'''Questioner''' What can I say? — Let's just start. What skills do you have, apart from education and work experience?<br/> | '''Questioner''' What can I say? — Let's just start. What skills do you have, apart from education and work experience?<br/> | ||
: '''A''' I have a strong intuition and notice things that others miss. [silence] I make good decisions instinctively. I can also explain afterwards ''exactly'' why I did something.<br/> | : '''A''' I have a strong intuition and notice things that others miss. [silence] I make good decisions instinctively. I can also explain afterwards ''exactly'' why I did something.<br/> | ||
'''Q''' Really? | '''Q''' Really? Kierkegaard wrote in his diary: »Life is lived forwards and understood backwards.« You are an expert on life itself? Well. What weaknesses do you see in yourself?<br/> | ||
: '''A''' Hm. [silent] I am curious and when I have understood something for myself, I lose interest.<br/> | : '''A''' Hm. [silent] I am curious and when I have understood something for myself, I lose interest.<br/> | ||
'''Q''' Why is that a problem? | '''Q''' Why is that a problem? | ||
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: '''A''' I spent about half of that time formatting.<br/> | : '''A''' I spent about half of that time formatting.<br/> | ||
'''Q''' Excuse me? | '''Q''' Excuse me? | ||
: '''A''' Just kidding. In September 2014 the fear of dying showed me there is a meaning to my life. | : '''A''' Just kidding. In September 2014 the fear of dying showed me there is a meaning to my life. This gave me the confidence to understand my previously incomprehensible path in life. And I got it, eventually. I just misjudged the effort, slightly.<br/> | ||
'''Q''' | '''Q''' Slightly, I like that. And now you've lost interest in yourself?<br/> | ||
: '''A''' [laughs] Touché. Yes, that's exactly how it is. | : '''A''' [laughs] Touché. Yes, that's exactly how it is. | ||
'''Q''' How is that | '''Q''' How is that?<br/> | ||
: '''A''' I'm infinitely grateful and happy. | : '''A''' I'm infinitely grateful and happy. | ||
'''Q''' Why? For you that's the end of it.<br/> | '''Q''' Why? For you that's the end of it.<br/> | ||
: '''A''' For people like me who don't know any kind of 'rest' that's vital.</br> | : '''A''' For people like me, who don't know any kind of 'rest', that's vital.</br> | ||
'''Q''' You're a drama queen, aren't you? ''Vital?''<br/> | '''Q''' You're a drama queen, aren't you? ''Vital?''<br/> | ||
: '''A''' Being able to break away from work that you were previously absorbed in. That's vital for us.<br/> | : '''A''' Being able to break away from work that you were previously absorbed in. That's vital for us.<br/> | ||
'''Q''' Good. We have to come to an end. You don't seem to be politically active | '''Q''' Good. We have to come to an end. You don't seem to be politically active anymore. Why do you list all those activities of your school days here anyway?<br/> | ||
: '''A''' And those during my studies too … — I | : '''A''' And those during my studies too … — I felt my credibility and thus me as a person damaged in 1986 with Chernobyl and destroyed with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. I am proud to have deciphered these errors and to be [[Personal Motifs|at peace with myself]]. I also no longer see man and machine as opposites, which is crucial for my work.<br/> | ||
'''Q''' OK. Then that is that for now, and thank you for your efforts here.<br/> | '''Q''' OK. Then that is that for now, and thank you for your efforts here.<br/> | ||
: '''A''' With pleasure. My thanks for the attention. | : '''A''' With pleasure. My thanks for the attention. | ||