In everyday life I tend to talk too much. I joke around too much and I can be a bit of a clown. In general I don't take myself very seriously and this needs to change because I lose respect because of it.
At the moment I am at the stage in my life where I am not going out socialising as much and I am mainly hitting the gym and improving myself career wise. So I have an opportunity to keep social circles at arms length and let them forget about me for a while, thus making them less memorable of my childish nature, giving me an opportunity to establish myself as a more serious, mature, respectable character when I do eventually revisit them.
This strategy however will not be feasible in work as I am there everyday and they know me as the guy who likes to joke around and play the fool. So even if I change how I act they will still identify me as that guy who likes to clown.. Question is how do I break that connection they have with me being a clown? I think it will be hard for me to change my ways if they still see me as the joker as they will treat me like a joker and want to have a laugh with me all the time..
I'd just like to add I am a really hard worker, so my work ethic and performance isn't an issue, its more the social side of work that's the issue. Any thoughts?
At the moment I am at the stage in my life where I am not going out socialising as much and I am mainly hitting the gym and improving myself career wise. So I have an opportunity to keep social circles at arms length and let them forget about me for a while, thus making them less memorable of my childish nature, giving me an opportunity to establish myself as a more serious, mature, respectable character when I do eventually revisit them.
This strategy however will not be feasible in work as I am there everyday and they know me as the guy who likes to joke around and play the fool. So even if I change how I act they will still identify me as that guy who likes to clown.. Question is how do I break that connection they have with me being a clown? I think it will be hard for me to change my ways if they still see me as the joker as they will treat me like a joker and want to have a laugh with me all the time..
I'd just like to add I am a really hard worker, so my work ethic and performance isn't an issue, its more the social side of work that's the issue. Any thoughts?