If you could wake up tomorrow having gained any one quality or ability, what would it be?

Ruth n Jersey said:
Confidence. You would think at the age of 75 I would have developed this ability but that isn't the case.

I've missed many opportunities in my life because of my lack of confidence.
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I think I'd have to go with "more confidence," too. Or higher self-esteem, which is the basically same thing.

In life, including in the workplace, confidence is often mistaken for intelligence and competence. People with low self-esteem are deemed to be less intelligent. Someone who in unsure of himself or herself isn't going to be taken seriously, even if they have brilliant ideas.

One also needs the ability to highlight flaws in other people's ideas, especially managers, or your life can become hell. You'll wind up doing things you know are ridiculous and wrongheaded, but because you couldn't make your case effectively were afraid to speak up, you're now stuck within the confines of a flawed methodology. You're going to look bad because the end result is going to be less than it could have been, even though the decision to do it that way was out of your hands.

Without confidence, you're an easy target for bullies. They tend to go after the weak, and lack of confidence is a weakness.

My lack of confidence resulted in my trouble getting along with people, which caused me to ruminate about problems I've had, which made it difficult for me to sleep at night, and ultimately led to severe, chronic insomnia from which I suffered for some 15 years. During that time, it was rare for a day to go by when I didn't think about killing myself. I was so miserable, life wasn't worth living. I'm not sure what kept me going. Perhaps hope that someday, things would get better, and they did, but it took a long time.
 
Keesha said:
The ability to stay calm no matter what happens
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I definitely agree, priceless. However....

Pappy said:
To have brand new lungs and a healthy heart again. I’d have my normal voice back and these hideous bruises I get from blood thinners would be gone. Not asking for much am I? :rolleyes:
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I get the hideous bruising due to sun damaged skin, am not taking any meds for anything. I would give anything to have lungs that didn't have a 45+ year history of smoking.
 
To have in my possession Aladdin's Magic Lamp so that my every wish could be fulfilled:


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If I had that Magic Lamp I would command the Genie to give everyone here a large gift card to Target stores. A Christmas in July for all. :)
 
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