A very interesting question I was asked while applying for a position, “How nice is it to be you?” – it means “How nice does it like to be you?”
Well, I started to think immediately “Is it nice in the first place?” and if I feel that I’m very well, can I be any better?
very interesting and I want to share you that question, how nice is it to be you? and also is it nice to be me?
This question will help knowing yourself more and will help me knowing myself more, understanding my/your advantages and/or drawbacks….
please help…
by mostafa shehata
09 Dec 2007 at 16:32
good question
after i got the question meaning
i saw my self disadvantages and i felt that i had manyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy drawbacks
but
it is soooooooo nice to be me
and Great thanks to Allah for iam me.
by Ahmed S. Farghal
09 Dec 2007 at 16:46
well, the point of the question is to explain “why” as well.
by Mohamed El Rakhawy
09 Dec 2007 at 21:45
Well Ahmed, 1st this is the 1st time to c ur blog, it is a very nice idea to communicate with ur friends, well done.
:):)
:):) i will feel nice, and u and others may think that i’m not ….so to answer, let me 1st get ur answer for this, do u think i am nice???? if u answered yes, i’ll be braver to continue……For u, as far as i know about u, as i didn’t deal with u that much, but from my small experience with u, yes i think u r a nice guy, but u have to tell me y should i believe that ??? Salam
2nd, all the topics u posted except this one is way out of my league, all are very specialist directed and this is the only post that i could share in discussion, but still it is a very tough q, it seems that u r a very sophosticated person
Well, i tried to think about an answer, but everything i thought about can’t say, coz any answer by yes, will be ego-syntonic and this is not nice
by Ahmed S. Farghal
09 Dec 2007 at 22:20
Well, first of all. You are “Very” nice mohamed, but let me rephrase the question.
As many people did, you didn’t understand the question the way it was originally asked for, the question means “how nice is it to be yourself” it means in arabic “ad eeh kowayes ennak tekoon nafsak”. the question was asked by a professional psychiatric to know what makes you different than others, and how do you find yourself more creative, talented or even less.
It’s a brilliant question that makes you think deeply about your good deeds and your talents, and it’s really good to have those talents, and did you utilize those talents in the correct way.
My Answer was: Being programmable and adjustable makes me controlling the way I think and behave, and that’s what makes me feel comfortable inside myself.
What do you think about yourself and what do you think of me either?
by HoNdA
09 Dec 2007 at 22:31
انا بحب نفسى جدا لسبب واحد ان مفيش حد زيى مش لانى فزة بس لان كل حد مفيش منه اتنين واوقات كتير لما اشوف مميزاتى وعيوبى بحس ان فى بينهم تكافؤ او اتعودت عليهم وازاى احسن فيهم واوقات كتير بحمد ربنا على عيوبى لانى اما بشوف عيوب الاخرين بحس بنعمه وبحس بالمميزات الى فيا واوقات كنت بفكر لو كان متاح قدامى اختار شخصية لنفسى غيرى كنت بحس انها مش هتبقا انا زى دلوقتى لاننا اما بنتمنى نكون زى حد معين فبنركز على مميزاته مش عيوبه
فالحمدلله انا متكيفة مع نفسى بعيوبها وومميزاتها
الانسان عدو مايجهل وابسط سبب يخليك تحب نفسك انك تعرفها
وانا طول مانا عايشة بحاول اتعرف عليها لأنها فى حد ذاتها معجزة متجسدة فينا لجزء من نعم ربنا علينا
by Yara
09 Dec 2007 at 22:45
Hey Soliman,
First time I really say something on your blog, which by the way I find truly interesting.. I hope I could do (and commit to) something like this someday.
Anyway, let me start by , How nice is to be “Soliman” ?? well, it would be nice coz I would be a LOT MORE enthusiastic, brilliant and clear with myself than I am, or most of people I know would be. You win in these things
How nice is to be me? hmm well, you really have to be cinfident with yourself to say it would be nice.. I am that confident I guess.. It’s nice to be a girl (that would be the least
– you never pay for drinks and hair warms you up in winter..) It’s also nice to like to learn new things all the time, and to be relatively fast in this.. hmm .. a bit enthusiastic maybe.. I wish if i was just more fun 
Thank you for giving me the chance to think about “me”
I hope you’re doing great !
Let me hear from you somtime
by Mohamed elshami
09 Dec 2007 at 22:56
Alslamo 3alikoom,How are ahmed??? i hope that Everythings is going fine..
that including telling you my opinion about me or about You ,but that really will make me think a lot (How nice is to be you/me and WHY???) i think you should add this (WHY?).In the end NO Person IS PERFECT (alkamal lelah wa7dooh) and that means that there is no doubt that everyone in the world have advantages and disadvantages at least it will differ from person’s opinion to another person’s opinion …but that point is WHAT IS THE PERCENT (advantages/disadvantages)… that is the what you need to answer…
Actually this is a very interesting QUESTION:D…and i really don’t want to answer this question on public
Anyway thank you very much for this Thoughts Sharing..
Salamo 3alikom;}
by Sinar
10 Dec 2007 at 01:24
I blv i was the first one to read this post just as soon as u posted it..
but i wasn’t the first to reply, cuz i didn’t know wt 2 say at then actually.
I spent the whole day searching or thinking about an answer.
and it’s YES, it’s nice to be me, and i’m grateful for being ME
Nice to be Sinar, muslim, girl, loved by others and many things i’m very thankful for AL 7AMDOLELLAH.
Although i’ve my own drawbacks, which aren’t few either (Rabena amar bel satr)
but it’s nice to know them,admit wt I have and always trying to change them to be better even if i failed
It’s nice to be me
and the nicest is to be YOURS
And, it’s pretty nice to be YOU, Ahmed Soliman Farghal, the love of my life.
The active and creative student in school, and the motivator and ambitious in faculty.
The best decision maker i’ve ever met or known, the GENIUS man at all the times.
it’s so nice to be you that i want to be YOU.
keeping my gender as a girl ofcourse
the nicest to be you, is having me
thanx 4 this hard question, cuz it really made me think bout everything all over again.
by Ahmed S. Farghal
10 Dec 2007 at 01:31
well,
let me tell you the reason behind this question.
The questioner studies your personality quickly by questioning such question so he can decide if you focus on your advantages only so that you are leaping ahead always and you don’t stop at your drawbacks.
Or you just mention your drawbacks and you can’t find the advantages and good deeds inside you, so that you are always stuck and you can’t use what’s good inside you.
The rest will mention both but depends on the ratio of the adv vs. disadv. will decide from which prospective do you judge people, from the good eye or evil trouble-seeker eye…
I loved this question and I hope you loved it too, so always keep asking yourself, why didn’t I mention (blah) about myself? and why did I choose a specific thing to tell?
by Ahmed S. Farghal
10 Dec 2007 at 01:34
it’s always easy to answer this question if asked to others, but asking the question to urself is very hard. I mean that when you are asked about how nice it is to be somebody, you can easily study that person and give confident opinion.
but when judge yourself it then becomes harder and harder because you always don’t study yourself the way you study others.
you should really learn to study yourself carefully as you do with others if not more, to really judge yourself and find the real you and then use it correctly.
by Mohamed El Rakhawy
10 Dec 2007 at 09:40
well Ahmed, if u reviewed the replies until now, u’ll find out that no one answered NO and according to u this means they r +ve thinkers and that’s good and means that all ur friends or at least most of them r and that’s 1 thing that makes it nice to be u, having this kind of friends, Also, u r Genius, the best at ur job, respectable, Decent..I think this is enough to make being u a nice thing.
For me, is it nice to be myself?? Yes, Why? so many reasons…
1st I’m Muslim and working by Islam, this is an important thing to do to work by Islam, there r a lot of Muslims but not much working by Islam, and that’s difficult thing to do, but I’m trying to do my best… Also, I believe very much in Destiny & always accept whatever ALLAH has planed for me, this makes me feel good all the time and makes me capable of processing and dealing very well with almost any situation.
2nd I’m a hard worker, organized, optimistic, confident and always trying to think out of the Box and that makes me always being creative, having an extraordinary solutions, and master what I’m doing.
3rd I act very well in stressful situations, never loose my nerves or ability to think to get out of difficult situations.
4th There is no roof to my ambitions & I’m enthusiastic about them & I’m trying my best to be the best of the best in every aspect of my life.
5th I always try to learn from everything in my life, people I meet, blogs I read
, movies, series or Talk shows I watch, even animals & birds.
6th I’m honest, kind, trustworthy, dependable and caring.
7th I love to help and that’s what made me choose medicine as a career.
8th I’m funny & cheerful.
9th I’m Ahlawy Al7amd LeLLAH.
10th I think I’m kinda good looking & Handsome
:):)
11th I’m a male which is ,from my point of view, is a blessing to be able to make ur own decisions and plan ur own future the way u see it best for u, specially in our Arab World & to be the builder of civilization ( Tasna3 Alhaya ) and ofcourse NO LABOR PAINS
:):):)
About my drawbacks…. I can’t think of anything except I hate dealing with stupid people, and I might loose my temper infront of them, but i’m working on that.
Well, I think now I’ve to say ”
:):)
سبحان الله و الحمد لله و لا اله الا الله والله أكبر … بسم الله ما شاء الله لا حول ولا قوة الا بالله …. لا اله الا أنت سبحانك انى كنت من الظالمين …… اللهم انى أعوز بك من الكبر و الغرور …. اللهم انى أعوز بك من الهم و الحزن و أعوز بك من العجز و الكسل و أعوز بك من الجبن و البخل و أعوز بك من غلبة الدين و قهر الرجال ”
Finally, i hope that answered ur q, What do u think of me now??
Anyway ,it was a very tough 1.. keep it running.
Salam
by Ahmed S. Farghal
10 Dec 2007 at 13:19
It’s very nice answer mohammed, but u already knew the clue
You are more than you have described your self, and I believe in that too. please keep discovering the good deeds inside yourself and use them well to develop new ones
about 10th, who told you that?
by Mohamed El Rakhawy
10 Dec 2007 at 15:18
Thanx Ahmed, About 10th, lots & lots of people told me that, from both sexes actually, i know that it hurts but what i can do, it is just Allah’s will
:):):)
by Ahmed S. Farghal
10 Dec 2007 at 15:48
tayeb ya sidi, baraka
by dina.m.eid
10 Dec 2007 at 20:49
Well,i read a phrase writtem by a friend i believe he’s a true genius to have said it,”mahmoud sakr” know as kamashito , and i quote ..”i’m my biggest fan”,
..
i guess that was the most enlightening phrase i’ve ever heard,it made me think about how good it is to be,i love ME, i’m not concieded but i Love all of me,i think i have so many qualities that are kinda rare in this world, well Most important i’m honest and loyal , my close friends will find that so true, i’m not saying i’m perfect coz this is so untrue, i’ve done so many things in my life that i’m not really proud of,but that not the point .. no body is perfect we all have our mistakes.. thinking about my drawbacks .. endless ..
But if You Ask me what i love about being ME..
1-Muslim
2- Honest
3-Loyal
4-Trustworthy
5-Ambitions
6-Ahlawya too ..
7-i learn from my mistakes.
8-i’d call my self funny sometimes..
9-i think i can cook (gr8 advantage)
10-i’m a female which i think is a gr8 blessing to coz i get to raise my kids the ones i’m gonna go thru labour to Have..
11- i’d call my self resposible @ least 4 my actions..
12-I love my friends,family and everyone even the ppl who were kinda mean to me i don’t hate anyone,and i guess my friends and family love me 2..
13-i’m a hard worker sometimes
a friend told me Once u r a very Caring Person.. may be he was true..
well after writing that list .. COme to Think about it.. ha i’m not That bad after all..
and i guess this is what the question is really ment 4,is to make you realize the good in u,despite all the drawbacks You may have..
Thank u ahmed ,, that was enlightening..
by ayman
11 Dec 2007 at 00:31
انا زيك برده يا سينار . قريت الموضوع ده من الاول وفضلت مستنى علشان بصرا حه ما كنتش عارف اقول ايه
انا اعتقد ان مفيش حد نفسه ما يكونش نفسه . وان كل واحد مبسوط اوى من نفسه بس ننمن ما يكونش مبسوط من الى بيحصل له مثلا . او من وضع معين هو محطوط فيه
يعنى الانسان يتمنى تغير الظروف الى حواليه لاكن هو مؤمن جدا بنفسه . وتلاقى معظم الناس تقول لك لو انا كنت مكان فلان كنت عملت وعملت او لو كان الوضع الفلانى مش موجود كنت عملت كذا وكذا
انا الحمد لله راضى اوى بنفسى . وعجبنى اوى كلمه هنادى الى بتقول انها بقت واخده على نفسها وعارفه المميزات والعيوب . وبقت متكيفه معاها
انا برده عندى نفس الشعور ده انا بقيت واخد على نفسى اوى ومرتاح معاها . ومبتمناش اكون حد تانى لان انا متاكد ان ربنا بيدى للواحد نعم ونقم . والنقم دى علشان يختبره بيها فى الدنيا . وربنا لو احب حد ابتلاه . فلو انا اتمنيت اكون مكان حد تانى فمين درانى ان البطيخه تتطلع قرعه . والاقى عنده نقم بالهبل . او نقمه واحده تبوظ النعم كلها . فانا ارضى بنفسى واستقبل قدر ربنا ليه وانا مرتاح . لاكن ده مش معناه انى اتمنى مميزات شخص معين واخد المميزات دى واركب الى ينفع منها على شخصيتى والغى الى ما ينفعش معايا
انا راضى الحمد لله عن نفسى . لان انا عارف ذنوبى ايه واقدر استغفر عنها ان شاء الله . والحمد لله على نعمه الاسلام وكفى بها نعمه
سلام
by kamasheto
12 Dec 2007 at 10:07
I’m having a hard time believing you don’t know your pros, Ahmed, I’m definite passing him a link to your about page should do the trick. I’m also surprised as to why you’re being interviewed at this time? Last but not least, I thought interviews were done on the spot? How come you were allowed to do your homework first?
Anyway, I would personally answer that by saying “It’s quite nice, very nice actually.”
@Mohamed elshami: When taking our advanced courses back during school, we were told the highest grade always gets an A. That is, if it is one tough exam, and the highest grade achieved was 60%, that grade is boosted to 100% alongside everyone else (that is, by adding 40% to everyone). My point is, you don’t have to believe you’re perfect God-wise, if you believe you are perfect human-wise – which is the whole point of believing in yourself.
@dina: Thanks for the kind words. It’s spelled ,,kamasheto” though.
by Ahmed S. Farghal
12 Dec 2007 at 16:55
I don’t understand what you mean exactly kamasheto, please explain more…
by kamasheto
12 Dec 2007 at 17:20
Pass him this link or even this link and he’ll know whether or not it’s nice being you
I thought you were happily employed at linux-plus, no?
I thought when someone is being interviewed, he should answer immediately and not asked the questions on one day and required to answer on an another day, or am I missing something crucial?
and finally my answer to the question, heh.
by Ahmed S. Farghal
12 Dec 2007 at 17:45
aah, I see
About Linux-Plus, yeah I’m happy but the company I’m interviewing at is more nice
and yes, I answered that question immediately, but I like it that’s why I’m sharing it…