My Strengthsfinder Assessment

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In the StrengthsFinder assessment my results were: Input, intellection, responsibility, context, and restorative. The results that describes the most are intellection and context. On the other hand, restorative was the result I was surprise to get. Nevertheless, I believe my five talent are the perfect combination for my career as an accountant. First of all, the results that described me the most were intellection and context. The intellection talent described me because I think a lot. In fact, the days I don’t have time to think are the ones I feel the most stressed. For me, thinking is one of the most effective ways to relax and it gives me ease of mind when I have time to mentally prepare for incoming responsibilities. I had a part time job while studying in college cleaning offices at night. It used to take three hours to complete and it was monotone. I took that time to think about my classes, any pending homework, essays and, so on. Many times, during my work hours is when I used to get the most creative ideas and most assertive arguments. Therefore, in some sense, having that time at work to think, it was like a necessity. At last, the other result that matches my personality is context. I still remember the first thing my first history professor told my class: “the people that don’t learn their history are doomed …show more content…
In my career path, having analytical skills is one of the most important requirements. Bearing that in mind, my input, intellection, and context talents will help a lot when implementing analytical skills in my career. Another aspect that an accountant must always have present is to not repeat the same mistakes that got other accountants in trouble, so the context talent will make that process easier. My context talent will enable me to naturally look for historic precedent to proceed in a certain

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