I wish that I wasn't so passionate about arguing a point. I've noticed that people who don't want to think about stuff in depth feel intimidated and frustrated by me at times.
I don't take arguments personally but, people do and they can tend to take the subject of conversations as an attack. Whereas I tend to view it as me giving a suggestion and the validity behind it.
People are so different hey....
I went to a weekend away with a committee I was in - we did a little personality test and it discussed these things.
It was so enlightening, some of the people were like myself - we had no problems arguing quite viciously and knowing that it wasn't personal.
Others, when the argument got a bit heated (but not personal) would feel really awkward and want to smooth things over badly.
I think I am more sensitive to these types of different personalities now.
Nod stubbornness can be a good trait.
And I think laid backness is amazing... embrace it. Better to not be concerned about what you can't change. (And maybe some things you can?) But don't be lazy, haha
I would like to be a more sensitive person and to be able to love people more. There is a very fine line between a hilarious joke and offending someone, hehehee. But I'm not really talking about jokes... just in general.