Personality

In reading about the theorists and their personal lives I was really struck by two things in particular. The first thing that I found really interesting was the deep connection between how their personal lives influenced their theories. Taking your life experiences and moving towards learning about humans and making other’s lives better is a really an accomplishment. This also made me very thankful for research and it’s support of these theories. Working without the support of research has the potential to be very damaging.

The second thing that I found really interesting was how many of the theorists had many personal issues or traumatic situations in their lives that reflects in their work.  I think this shows that despite difficulties that people may have experienced they can work through it to make it useful or beneficial for others. No one’s lives are perfect, and I think it’s important to stop focusing on the imperfections and focus on doing something worthwhile.