Top Five Strengths

Our strengths are an aspect in our lives that not many of us are aware of. In our society, our weaknesses are concentrated in our daily lives so that we can better ourselves. Rath stated, “You cannot be anything you wanted to be – but you can be a lot more of who you are already are ” (2007). This statement illustrates how important it is for strengths to be emphasized in our life instead of our weaknesses. Concentrating only on our weaknesses limits us by putting a hundred percent effort into an area that we aren’t best at. If we start focusing on our strengths and not our weakness we can be aware of how we make choices, why we make them, and what to do in different situations. StrengthsFinder 2.0 allowed me to discover my top five strengths …show more content…
I am responsible to the core and follow the rules at all times. Sometimes I even find myself being annoyed with myself, because I am such a rule follower. I would want to break some rules at times for fun and adventure, however that is not who I am. Being responsible has taken me far in life. I am doing really well in school and proud to say I have great grades. I am extremely focused and I know what my goals are in life. In my life being responsible has allowed me to succeed in life and it will allow me to succeed in my professional life as well. Rath states, “ When assigning new responsibilities, people will come look to you first because they know it will get done” (2007). I have seen this example of responsibility at my job as well as in my internship. Whenever there’s a task that needs to be done quickly at work I am one of the people that they first go to. I am extremely efficient and have been training new workers after a month of my employment. In my internship I am being responsible with my clients and daily tasks. However, being so open to always wanting to help can lead to taking on more than you should (Rath, 2007). I have experienced taking on too much in my life before both in my education and in my work place. I usually take on too many tasks and stress about it until every task is finally done. An idea of action for responsibility I need to work on is to be more open about asking for help. Being …show more content…
My family is extremely supportive of me and has always motivated to succeed in my life. Even in elementary school I loved feeling accomplished and praised. Rath explains achievers as, “By the end of the day you must achieve something tangible in order to feel good about yourself” (2007). As I have grown I have realized that just living my life for achievements can cause so much stress. Now that I am older my achievements have become smaller, for example if I at least cross out one item off my to do list I am happy. Those small achievements help me feel better about being productive and not overworking myself. I am really glad that I have found a way to still be an achiever without stressing myself out. As an achiever I will be able to take my motivation into my professional life. As an achiever I want to be able to succeed in every part of my life especially at my future work place. In my workplace I take small achievements as success, like helping a customer find an item at my store. At my internship, being an achiever definitely plays a part as well. Not having much to do at my internship genuinely makes me upset sometimes, because I do not feel like I’m being productive. After learning that my agency is usually going to be slow paced, I have decided to view minimal tasks as achievements. This is an important aspect of life that I needed to learn. Life will not always be fast