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Personal Strengths Analysis

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Growing up in a society and environment that always focused on the weaknesses one had and the things one lacked, I never really did take time to think about my strengths. It did not seem to matter. The priority was to improve weaknesses and not strengths. However, in order to decide a major and essentially, a potential career choice, I had to, for once, consider my strengths and what I excelled at rather than lacked at. After taking time to think and consider the past memories and scenarios in which my strengths that consisted of harmony, responsibility, relator, individualization, and restorative might have appeared, I realized that these strengths have been used before. I know that I will definitely use these strengths and can improve them …show more content…

It’s through these opportunities that I know I can definitely learn how to develop my strengths more and use them. Through thinking and analyzing past experiences, I realized that my strengths often involved working with small groups of people and being the person who offered solutions in order to reach a middle ground. In order to further develop these strengths, I know I’ll join programs that’ll involve bigger groups so that I can gain experience in handling more people though I’ll also join clubs and services that will have small groups to improve the skills I have. A recent example would be a program I recently joined called Accelerate Tutoring, a non-profit organization, that offers free tutoring for kids in need at a church nearby. Accelerate Tutoring would definitely help me utilize my strengths of individualization in which I would fit my teaching methods to the type of learner the kid would be whether visual, kinetic, or auditory, restorative in that I’d help solve the problems the kids have, and responsibility in that I would stick with my task to the end. I also plan to get involved in community services and similar opportunities such as volunteering at the Dream Center that reaches out to a larger community. I also plan to join small clubs such as the Heart For China club, Adventure club, and others to which I’ll …show more content…

Many of the questions in my decision of choosing a major would probably revolve around whether or not I find this subject interesting and will I be able to study this subject for four years without getting bored. Will this major work well my strengths? How will it improve my strengths and how can I use strengths in this major? My strengths would definitely push me to be responsible with my decisions and timing in choosing a major, but also help me to find a major that fits my personality and strengths that would seek common ground, solve problems, develop relationships, observe different people, and

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