We go through life wondering why we’re good at one thing and not good at another, these are strengths and weaknesses. These strengths and weaknesses define us as people and allow us to apply our talents out into the world through our interactions with others. By being humble to honestly look at, recognize and acknowledging both strength and weaknesses creates an opportunity to learn, grow and challenge ourselves’ as individuals. Through time, we grow into our personalities and find our own place in the world. As I begin this adventure into the next phase of life, I have been contemplating more and more my qualities of weaknesses and strengths, and how these will impact my college experience and long-term career goals. My weakness is that I tend to be a bit of a perfectionist which can be paralyzing at times. I have learned that I need to overcome some of those fears of imperfection and use them as moments to accept its okay as long as I never quit trying and to not compare myself to others, but rather to ask myself, “Am I a better person today than I was yesterday?” A conscience, deep contemplation of these characteristics about myself, which was a turning point for me, occurred when I was about fifteen years old. I was presented an opportunity to submit an essay to a writing contest to be a participant for the Renewable World Foundation - Isle Royale Adventure. This was a high adventure contest that was open to students within a three-state area of Minnesota,
I love to read and learn, I love to read self-improvement books, and books about science. I am drawn to lists that have suggestions, tips, exercises, and suggestions on whatever topic I am interested in at the moment or need to learn about. This strength can help me succeed at GCU because I tend to enjoy talking to my classmates and professors about ideas, theories, and concepts to gather the latest thinking. I love to gather information, I will often delve more deeply into subjects that intrigue me the most people. This could be a positive when I have big projects or research papers.
My greatest academic strengths include critical thinking,critical reading, creativity, listening skills, and perseverance. I’ve gained these strengths by challenging myself academically. My greatest academic weaknesses include a short attention span, cramming, and not being a good test
SCI411 Academic and personal development Portfolio: Part 1 From not being in education for a few years, being able to recognise my own academic skills, strengths and weaknesses was quite difficult. However, over these first couple of weeks in lectures my learning strengths and weaknesses have made themselves apparent. Whilst filling out the questionnaire Skills Self-Assessment Audit (Theeducators, 2013) it took a lot of understanding of the questions to be able to answer honestly, and my lowest scores reflected this in the personal effectiveness category. Skill strengths
My weakness and strengths in writing aren’t quite many. I have always had problems with my grammar skills. Also I have an extremely horrible habit of having a lot of comma splices like you discussed today in class. Sometimes I don’t understand how I make these mistakes when I actually
Upon completion of the Strengths Finder survey, I learned I have five areas of strength (Clifton & Anderson & Schreiner, 2006). These strengths are; achiever, communication, arranger, positivity, and ideation. I must admit, before taking this survey there were doubts surrounding its accuracy. By nature, I am a sceptic of this type of personal inflection conducted by an outsourced company. Prior to taking it, I kept telling myself, there is no possible way that a simple survey can give me insight on my inner workings.
My strengths and weaknesses will serve as my compass by pointing me in the direction that ensures that my student’s needs are met through my performance as a school
It’s very likely that you usually pay more attention to your shortcomings than your strong points. You customarily devote yourself to overcoming your limitations.” (Gallup, n.d., p. 5). This statement is very true; I am a very motivated individual, and I am always trying to better myself. I am a person that does not focus on my strengths, but on my weaknesses that I need to improve.
Through recognizing these frameworks of Strengths, individuals can focus their time and energy on maximizing their potential and gaining positive fulfillment as well. Ultimately, people need the opportunity to utilize their strengths throughout their daily living. In fact, in the article The Six Essentials of Workplace Positivity, it is recognized that “the happiest, most successful people have the opportunity to use their strengths often.” Through recognizing, implementing, and valuing my own talents I will not only build self-fulfillment, but I will also have the opportunity to help others identify their strengths.
One of my strengths is in creativity. I am person who excels greatly when I am able to be creative and have freedom to think outside the box. However, that can also become a weakness because for assignments that are more limited and structured I to find to be challenging. Another strength I have is being able to learn quickly from my previous mistakes. There are times where I mess up or do something wrong, but my plan is to put those failures to good use.
After knowing what my weaknesses are, I usually try to solve them and improve my skills. For example, I’m not a highly flexible and positive person, so I seek out to individuals who are flexible and positive in their lives and ask for their advice. Another strength that I have is that I usually have a positive outlook of my improvement, because I have seen examples of those who overcome their hardships and become successful in life, so I believe that if I try hard enough, I will be able to overcome my weaknesses. I’m also confident with my listening skills and my ability to focus on others and make them feel heard. I like to start on works and projects early so that if anything comes up, I will still have time to handle it.
When I began my journey in search for a secondary education that would fulfill my desires I did not know where to begin, but I did know one thing: I wanted to get out of state. I was ignorant and believed that I was too good for the state from which I was raised in; I wanted to leave everything behind and see what the world had to offer. I kept this mindset for months upon months until my worrying parents finally managed to coax me into looking within Illinois for my education--it is at this point where I would stumble upon Illinois State University. I had heard multiple friends express their interest in ISU many of whom would call dub it their dream school. By researching ISU further, all of my misconceptions about in-state schools were dispelled.
As a college freshmen, there is no doubt that I still have a long ways to go in order to achieve my academic goals. And through this journey, I know that I will encounter highs and lows just as I experienced in the past, most notability in high school. I keenly remember instances around this time where I doubted my abilities when subjects like math was proving to be difficult, even when I was trying to put in effort to stay on track. I was struggling in math because I did not try to identify my weaknesses, and never tried to come up with solutions to fix my problems. Rather, I chose to give up on math and settle with a grade barely passing.
If a person is not aware of our personal strengths, however, he does not always utilize them as fully as he could, and he potentially misses out on true fulfillment in his life and career. In this article, we will let you know how you can find your personal strength and a list of strengths so it could be easier
The root of all of my weaknesses is that I always want to be perfect. To overcome these weaknesses I always try to keep in my mind that I have to
Strengths: As a student one of my strengths is organization. I can say I can keep my school materials and notebooks organized in a way that I and others can comprehend. The reason I can say I am organized is because, I have hardly ever had in the past or present any issues with trying to find homework or assignments because I always kept my materials for each class organized and in a place I could easily find. Another strength I have is social skills. I can believe that I communicate with others well in a group.