Why I Think Understanding One's Potential Is an Essential Aspect

Have you ever expected an unfavorable outcome from an experience, yet were shocked with the best? Nashville, Tennessee is the city where I was able to realize that I have the potential to do great things with my life. It was the middle of June at the 2016 HOSA International Leadership Conference, and I was sixteen years old. At this time, I had been dealing with anxiety and depression for so long that I never thought I would be able to make an accomplishment that meant something to others and myself. This trip helped me realize that I am capable of more than I think.

My paper will discuss personal revelations about myself arising from the Clifton Strengths Finder Assessment , delineate the particular thought, behavior, and emotion patterns within the strengths of connectedness, empathy, belief, relator, and developer distinctive of my unique talents , and finally discuss personal application for further development of these innate gifts.

This experience led me to carry out several ventures. One of my first ventures was helping in food bank where I helped to pack food and transport it to several organizations and people in need. was hard to balance my school work with volunteering since I had to go in the evenings, but I developed the grit and passion to work hard! I started feeling a sense of accomplishment and gained responsibility.

My professional experiences thus far have enabled me to learn a great deal while reaching my

In this experience we had the chance to learn and experience new skills and capabilities. The

Tell me about an assignment that was too difficult for you. How did you resolve the issue?

I like to read legendary people’s thoughts. It makes me see things from different perspectives. As I went through the Internet last week, I read Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.’s thoughts about life. There was this sentence that I really like. He said “A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.” It makes me think of what I’m doing right now. Talking about experience, I learned quite a lot of things at the first PD. The most obvious thing that I learned was not to be a quitter. I couldn’t just quit when they told me to do the introduction for 30 seconds. I couldn’t just quit when they told me to do the activities. I had to do it, and at the end of the day, I felt pretty satisfied of myself. It could be applied in many situations in my future, especially at the times when I will finally have a job for a living. Thinking about what I learned at my first PD reminds me of the typical saying that I’m sure everybody knows, “nothing worth having comes

In conclusion, life is full of new experience and without those experience we won’t be what are we today. For me, my experience reflects me who I am today, winning geography award made me full of passion for geography, transition to high school made me mature and self-dependent and lastly moving to Canada made my experience unique. A famous quote by Albert Einstein “The only source of knowledge is

Please describe a recent task or project where you have shown personal accountability and used initiative to exceed expectations. (150 words) *

It was march of 2010. I started to work in accounts payable of a company here in Sacramento, California, I started to get training. First how to handle invoices, then how to enter the date and the amount into the system. I couldn't do that job without having enough self confidence. From the beginning of my training every single day I tried to indoctrinate to my self that I am the one who will learn this job quickly, and I am the one who will do this job as best as possible. And that was exactly the hero of my mind. I did my job really good. The hero of my

That experience, above all others, taught me that teamwork and achievement is possible even between the most unlikely of collaborators, and that is something that I can never forget, something that has always given me great

At some point, it becomes clear that capitalizing on your talents and strength will always set you apart from the pack in whatever you choose to do. If you want next-level results, and to live to your full potential, you should capitalize on your

When did you have to ‘bounce back’ from adversity or failure? How did you respond effectively? What do you wish that you had done better? What skills did this build? (2pt) 200 words

It came to the point where I thought to myself that I was not going to get my work done on time. So, I decided to change my mindset and think to myself that I can finish the task at hand and just think positive over all. Allowing me to conquer my fear of failure and learn from my mistake, developing a growth mindset.

"Winning is important to me, but what brings me real joy is the experience of being fully engaged in whatever I'm doing." says Phil Jackson, a former American professional basketball player. People always whine about how their first job experience was terrible and there’s only one reason which is not getting enough amount of money for their work. I think people need to think that job is not always about money as I discovered from my first job.