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My Personal Challenges : My Strengths Of Personality

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As fellow Advocate personality type Martin Luther King Jr. said, “An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.” Strong willed and determined to help others to succeed, advocates make up less than one percent of the total population. Though this may be, I will still leave a mark on the world, being both insightful and idealistic. Collectively, my personality comes with a number of strengths such as creativity and determination; however, there are many challenges that I will have to overcome as I gain my independence and enter the adult world. First and foremost, one particular challenge that follows the advocate personality type that I feel will hinder me in gaining independence, is an over aversion to be extremely private and introverted. For example, when I first came to Tipton Rosemark Academy during sixth grade, I found it very hard to make friends because I didn’t want to open up to anyone. This hindered me from finding friends for a length of time because I wanted to make sure I could trust people before I actually opened up to them. Moreover, I do not enjoy going to certain social events because I will have to converse with people I do not know well. A number of months ago, my mother was in charge of planning a wedding and I did not wish to go with her as I did not want to be around people I did not know. I am wary this will interfere with me becoming independent as there will be times I will have to talk to people I may not be acquainted with in college and career. Furthermore, I personally detest being made to present things in front of a group of people or peers. A couple of years ago, we were made to present a project on poetry and I found it terribly uncomfortable as I become anxious in doing things that expose me to the opinions of others. I feel this will undoubtedly become a problem when trying to gain independence. I have to learn there are going to be times when I am going to have to speak in front of people and interact with them on a personal level. All in all, I must learn to come out of my shell more and communicate more effectively. This will take work, but I know that I can do

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