Everybody is unique, having certain strengths and weakness that are specialized to them. After completing the survey online, I found out that my “top five significant strengths” are humor and playfulness; leadership; capacity to love and be loved; judgment, critical thinking, and open-mindedness; and industry, diligence, and perseverance. To get to those results, I needed to go down into myself and answer 240 questions regarding my character and what I believe. In the process of coming to those answers, I learned more about who I am as a person, and began to question if I am authentic to my strengths.
For the most part, I live out my top strengths daily, making my actions authentic to who I am as a person. I definitely think that humor and laughter is one of my top strengths. I find it relaxing to laugh, which calms me down in my frequent moments of stress and anxiety. Because I love the feeling that laughter brings me, I try to share it with people around, so they too can find happiness. I also have an uncontrollable laughter, which I’m sure you have picked up on by now. That comes out when I feel uncomfortable and nervous, but mostly, I laugh when I find things humorous. My friends, also, tell me that I am a funny kid. I know it may come across as conceited, but I would have to agree. I have a goofy sense of humor, which comes out when I am with my friends and peers. Humor and laughter, two of my top strengths, are two characteristics to which I am authentic to.
Leadership is my second most prominent strength. Whenever I work in any type of group format, I naturally take charge. I am a good listener, delegator, and calming force which I find important in a leader. Even when I don’t mean to take charge, I end up subconsciously, once again, resuming that leadership position, guiding my group to success. I have always enjoyed being a leader. After looking into several possible career paths, I have narrowed it down to those jobs which require leadership. My top choice at the moment is going into business, because that field requires strong leadership skills. My passions and motivations for the future are all governed around my uncontrollable leadership qualities, making me authentic to that strength.
After leadership, my next strength is “loving and being loved”. I am a very compassionate and empathetic person, which allows me to get close with my friends and family. I find myself being driven by my heart and not my head sometimes, sacrificing things for my loved ones benefits. I am constantly pleasing those whom I love, and putting others before myself. That has led me to establishing long time friendships and unbreakable connections with my sister and best friend, Tyler, along with my other family members. My mom says that I have a huge heart, and I totally agree. Because of that, I am able to understand where people are coming from, and it makes me able to love and to be loved.
My next strength is critical thinking, judgment, and open-mindedness, which is one that I find myself often straying from. Sometimes, although I try not to, I can be judgmental of people based on their reputations. I am aware that I should never judge a book by its cover, but sometimes I find myself guilty of doing it to avoid being hurt by people. I am a really sensitive kid, so if I know that somebody has a reputation of being mean or lying, I avoid them so that I won’t get hurt. After completing this survey, I am going to try to be more trusting and attempt to make my own opinions regarding the new people I meet.
The last strength, regarding perseverance, I also agree with. I am a very driven kid, and I know what I want, and will not stop until I succeed. That is a quality which I find really important to have. Sometimes life is hard and throws stuff at us which makes us lose sight of our goal. By holding strong and never giving up, I am able to accomplish what I want, bringing me lots of happiness. Perseverance is a characteristic, along with my other top five strengths, which I am fairly authentic to.
All in all, I found out that I am pretty authentic to my strengths, but that I should try to be less judgmental of people.
No comments:
Post a Comment