StrengthsQuest empowered me to discover my five greatest talents that I can develop into strengths to help promote success in the SPS program. Until Strategies for Success I viewed many of my strengths as weaknesses needing improvement rather than natural talents that can be developed into my greatest strengths. “Qualities that they’d been forever teased about or criticized for were seen from a different angle—as their greatest talents and their potential for strengths” (Clifton, 2006, p. 73). StrengthsQuest
may come true, uncertainty may cloud outcome of others regardless of their importance. For this reason, we must test our assumptions using "what if" scenarios. We can rank our assumptions on basis of certainty, and in areas where uncertainty is greatest formulate alternative strategies. This process creates a reasonable model to test our assumptions. We are then able to modify our business plan as we identify weakest assumptions. We can make several different types of assumptions.
Clifton's StrengthsFinder survey (2006) my greatest strengths are identified as being: strategic, restorative, belief, futuristic, and responsibility. These five strengths have helped develop my career as a police officer and continue to shape my overall being. The first theme of being strategic was extremely useful during my career as a detective, utilizing patterns to assist with determining what might happen next to help solve crimes. This strength helped me to develop my career as a successful
Starting in the early 1900’s, the Olympics took the world by storm. It soon became the greatest test of athleticism and strength. One of the centerpieces of the Olympics, that is a true testament of athleticism and strength, is weightlifting. Not only does it measure strength but it also measures skill and brute force. Out of all the countries competing, China stands above all its competitors. The greatest Olympic weightlifters reside in China. Lü Xiaojun, an example of Chinese weightlifting domination
Robespierre is known as possibly the greatest leader of the French Revolution. Stalin is known as one of Russia’s greatest leaders. There are many differences and similarities in each of their reigns as leaders. Both used economic plans and total war effort as a campaign to further there revolution. Stalin and Robespierre used their revolutions, however, through terror Stalin remained true to his revolution but Robespierre betrayed his. Stalin had an ingenious plan
assessment because of how it is set up. I prefer assessments where you are scored based on what you put and then there is a synopsis that gives some explanation or detail about what it all means. After taking the assessment, I learned that my five greatest areas of weakness are: Seeking support from others, Retaining written information, Time-management skills, Management and leadership of people and Creative-problem solving (Bethel University, 2014). When taking a closer look at my areas of weakness
By taking the Strengthsfinder survey I found that my five strengths are; achiever, belief, responsibility, communications, and consistency (Clifton, Anderson, Schreiner, 2016). I will show how I am going to utilize these strengths in my life. Per the StrengthsFinder survey, what are your five greatest strengths? Describe in detail how you have utilized (or plan to utilize) these strengths in your life. The way I plan to utilize my strengths are; as an achiever, I will work hard to complete what
Upon completion of the StrengthsFinder survey, I found that my five greatest strengths are responsibility, relator, restorative, achiever, and harmony. After reviewing the results from the survey, I was not a bit surprised because those are the strengths that I flourish on. Some of these strengths are not something that you are born with; they are talents of your personhood that make you who you are (Clifton, Anderson, and Schreiner, 2006, p. 2). I have always been a very responsible person
learn how to develop ourselves and place ourselves were we can make the greatest contribution. The article discusses five questions that should be asked in order to become more effective with the knowledge and skills that we already possess. The five questions are as follow: What are my strengths? How do I work? What are my values? Where do I belong? and, Where can I contribute? The first question asks: What are my strengths? The author of the article states that feedback analysis is an effective
reported me as an ESTJ, meaning I am 53% extroverted, 87% sensor, 67% thinker, and 87% judger. It is said that ESTJ are representatives of tradition and order, and often take the rolls of leadership. The ESTJ personality is often associated with strengths of dedication, strong will, honesty, loyalty, patience, reliable, organized. However, ESTJ also have weaknesses such as, stubbornness, judgmental, difficulty relaxing, and difficulty in expressing emotion. The personal interest exam showed that