Strengthsfinder Assessment

“You cannot be anything you want to be – but you can be a lot more of who you really are” (p 9). An interesting theory and certainly a more realistic one. Knowledge of what your strengths are is a necessary step towards success, but first we must understand what the word strength means. People’s understanding of strengths is often confused with skills. The difference between the two is that strengths are a natural ability whereas a skill is an ability that is learned. Understanding your strengths and the acquisition of skills to support those strengths create the ideal partnership in the development of said strengths. Professionally, a better understanding of your natural abilities can be ideal for choosing a career path, identifying niches …show more content…
Curiously I looked up the themes that I had thought should be there and soon realized that how I associated with them was incorrect. I was sure analytical would be amongst my top 5 but in reading the strength insights realized what I attributed to being analytic were actually strategic traits which was identified in my assessment. Moving on to the top 5 themes that were identified, I was by no means disappointed with them; however, I would have assumed they would have arrived in a different order. My top five themes included discipline, futuristic, focus, strategic and developer. I immediately recognized behavioral characteristics of myself identified within the theme descriptors. Structured process, streamline and invent alternative courses of actions were key words or phrases that triggered a reflection of my professional self; although, oddly enough I am having difficulties applying these same themes into my academic life. I am hoping a review of the ideas for action in the second part of the StrengthsFinder exercise will help to assimilate these themes to my current