Although the Type A Personality classification has fallen in disfavor within the medical and scientific communities, the presumed negative health consequences of this personality type, heart disease, high blood pressure, high stressed life style, seem to accurately define the lives of Washington, the women in his life and others who worked to such degree their personal and professional lives lack a real-world boundary.
One can only imagine the level of stress Washington had to live with. He had to walk a very fine line because he needed the support of Whites who had virtually all the money which he desperately needed to cover expenses at Tuskegee, but he also needed the support of Blacks who he believed had to follow his example and learn to use setbacks as inspiration to move forward without falling into a pattern of self-handicapping (using failure to justify low performance rather than lack of ability). This was exemplified when Washington insisted the students at the Tuskegee Institute learn to make bricks so they could both used the bricks for construction of new campus structures and sell the surplus to other builders in the region who needed bricks to operate their businesses. It took four times before they finally got the process right.…show more content… He worked as a janitor while at Hampton to help pay his tuition and room and board. Washington was driven to succeed and strived to be the best janitor he could be declaring, “The work was hard and taxing, but I stuck to it. I had a large number of rooms to care for, and had to work late into the night, while at the same time I had to rise by four o'clock in the morning, in order to build the fires and have a little time in which to prepare my lessons (Washington
