Empathy By Rath

I was very surprised with the results of this test because of its accuracy. All five of my strengths relate to me, although the order of them may be a little off. These top five are easily the most accurate towards describing me. I believe relator and adaptability are the two that fit me best and they are my number five and number two.

For instance the strength of being restorative has shown me that I need to work on not trying to control every situation and solve every problem someone has. I need to let them figure out how to solve their problems and just be a sounding board for them when they need it. Being a mom it is hard to not just jump in every time my boys face a difficult situation and just solve it for them. They are young men now and I realize that I need to take a back seat and let them figure out where their life’s road will take them and to be there to listen and help as they ask me. Hard, yes, but a necessity. By doing the assessment and finding out what my top three strengths are I can use them to in the best way possible to achieve the goals I have for my life both personally and professionally. I realize that being deliberative, my belief system and being restorative are my strengths and not weaknesses and I can now capitalize on those strengths at work and

Based on the Clifton Strengths Assessment my top five strengths are strategic, deliberative, learner, maximize and individualization. As an individual, I rarely look into my weakness. I believe that when your too focused on your weakness, you forget about your strengths. Everything the book said is true, and we need to take the time to look at our strengths and make it perfect. It is true that in this world or the school system, we are taught to look at our weakness and correct it so that we can become stronger in our life. This book brings out the truth that I longed to hear for a long time. Invariably, I hear my professor tell their students that for them success in life, they must practice and look at our weakness. This book proves it wrong because for us to become successful, we must stay to our strengths’ path.

As I have mentioned above, that achiever, strategic, learner, belief, and responsibility are my top five themes as revealed by StrengthsFinder. I was astounded and amazed after reading the detail description of my personal five themes, because these are the most consistent behaviors that I display in my daily personal and professional life. I think this assessment is reliable and trustworthy, because the result provided on the bases of my responses drew an accurate picture of my strengths.

Tom Rath’s “Strengths Finder 2.0” on-line assessment identified that my top five strengths are: Strategic, Focus, Futuristic, Significance, and Learner. I see the Strength Finder Assessment as a great opportunity to get to know my personal strengths and it motivates me to work and practice my talents rather than trying to fix my weaknesses. Looking only at my strengths is a new type of skills-building which allows me to stay focus on my talents.

After reading these results of the VIA Survey of Character Strengths I believe it reflected what I also thought of myself. It is not only important to be assessed to have these traits, it is also necessary to let them be incumbent in my personality so as to really captivate the people I have to lead to success.

My top strength identified was the Achiever theme. Achiever describes the need for constant achievement. Achievers have the capacity and the drive to keep taking on new challenges and strive toward new goals (Rath, 2007). This description is accurate in that I enjoy a new challenge and like to keep busy working towards anything with some sort of successful outcome. I welcome the opportunity to do something better, more perfectly, or more complete which motivates me to a higher level (Rath, 2007).

The Clifton Strength assessment I took listed my top five talent themes as Responsibility, Achiever, Learner, Focus, and Connectedness. Three of these top five fit into the executing domain; Responsibility, Achiever, and Focus. They deal with working hard and getting the job done. My strategic domain is as a Learner; this skill allows me to think outside of the box and tailor the approach to the specific situation. The fifth theme, Connectedness falls into the relationship-building domain. This is the strength that I feel is most important in my life and would like to continue to develop it throughout my entire life. It is the summation of all aspects and who I strive to be.

What was the most significant truth you learned from this book and what makes it so significant? How will you apply this new knowledge to your future?

Making someone cry is the easiest job but someone get an uproarious laughter is a tough job. Only some are successful in doing this and Rickey Smiley undoubtedly makes up to this list. But so much to do and all by a single person. While for his salary is definitely for all the multiple roles he plays doing total justice to all his hard

Personally the top three strengths connect to me very perfectly. Perspective is a form of saying that I take a look of things in a broader point of view. Where everyone’s idea are taken into consideration to come up with a fair conclusion, or viewing a problem globally to define my answer. These past few years I have found a humble, peaceful, and positive perceptive of the human race and the earth itself. Meditation, rituals, and change of life style has embraced in me that my strength for spirituality stands as number 2 on the list. I cannot count the times I had to be strong not only for myself, but for my family. Bravery is a strength that helps me stay strong from all the obstacles thrown my way. According to “Level 5 leadership” by Jim Collins is described as Humility + Will = Level 5. "Level 5 leaders are a study in duality,

As I start my new chapter at college, I was given the opportunity to find my five top strengths in my life. The Strength Finders test by Gallup took about an hour asking me decision based question about society, beliefs, and personal decision of my day-to-day life. We later learned in that class how to focus on specific strengths and apply those strengths into my classes and course work throughout the rest of my years at the university and into my professional life. My strength include context, significance, command, woo, and competition, in which it focuses in my life and gives me the power, motivation, inspiration, in my daily life.

I was very nervous to begin my self-assessment from the reading assignment. I am not one to point out my weaknesses, but this self-assessment was very helpful in determining which areas I need to better myself. I have learned I am scaled as “Good” in categories such as listening, critical thinking, planning, prioritizing, and organization. I am scaled as “Okay” in areas such as writing, speaking, seeking support from others, focusing, and ability to change.

c) Strengths: When it comes to strengths, I scored lower in the Routine Seeking and Short-term Focus categories. Therefore, I have lower resistance to these two areas. Routine Seeking encompasses the idea that as an individual, I like to have a daily routine, and often rely on that for structure. Once in a while, I do enjoy breaking my routines up and doing something unexpected or unplanned. As for Short-term Focus, I often do not focus too much on the short term effects, but rely heavily on the longterm effects to change my attitude toward a certain situation. I am fully aware of the short-term inconvenience, but can still see the potential long-term benefits that may come out of the situation. I take this into consideration when making decisions about change. For Example, I highly like routine while at work. I work in the floral department at the JDK Group in Camp Hill, and generally have a routine that I go through during the week. The type of environment I work in allows for many changes and different situations based of of each clients needs. Every Monday, I arrive at 8AM, and begin by pulling the production sheets and wedding/event files for

Through my personality and learning style I am able to identify a couple of personal strengths and weaknesses. My learning style is a combination of visual and auditory learning, so I am able to learn better with images as well as learning through discussions. Discussion helped me to identify one of my strengths as I am open-minded I am able to listen and see others perspectives on a topic. Whereas my personality shows my weakness as I am an introvert I do not tend to speak up on my ideas or thoughts in discussions.