The Alchemist Evaluation

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" People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of "(Coelho , 1988). This quotation from " The Alchemist " novel gives me the motivation for my first semester attending at Houston Community College. Going to college is a turning point in my educational life, so I need to have a positive view about my personality, interests, values, dominant intelligences, and keep in touch with volunteer opportunities in my society. Thus, this essay is an essential part for me to portray myself and set out my long-term educational goals.
Following all these steps on the Type Focus assessment, I found out that my personality type is ENFP, which stands for extraversion, intuition, feeling and perceiving (Type Focus,
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Relationships means working with co-workers in an affable non-competitive environment (Type Focus, 2017). Wanting to become a screenwriter means I have to collaborate mainly with directors and executives to produce a script that satisfies most of the audience. Turning a script into a movie involves many details and discussions, and relationship are one of the key factors in this progress. Moreover, recognition involves progression, advancement and reputation (Type Focus, 2017). The director is a person who tells the story through the screen, and the story is based on the script written by a screenwriter. Therefore, I think that the screenwriter, who invents a whole new story from nothing, also deserves acclaim in public beyond the progress of making a movie. The value of achievement includes strongest abilities of employees and their feeling of accomplishment (Type Focus, 2017). If my story can be turned into a movie and can make a strong impression on many people, it will accelerate my passion with what I am determined to do and I can build more achievement because "nothing succeeds like

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