My Strengths: A Self Analysis

I believe that my strengths have influenced both me as a person as well as my career choice. My top five strengths are; responsibility, includer, woo, developer, and adaptability. All of these qualities make up who I am as well as what is important and valued in my life. I try to think of my strengths and how I apply them to my life, but now that I have been led to a career in music therapy, I am now held to a higher standard of how these strengths have and will influence my choice of profession. My first strength is responsibility. I was not surprised when this showed up as one of my strengths, especially my top strength. When having to deal with the loss of a parent at nine years old, I was forced to grow up fast and not only take on responsibility for myself, but also for my household and taking care of my family. I was fortunate and blessed to have an amazing model of responsibility from both my mother and father very early in my life. Once my father …show more content…
The dictionary definition of developer is, “to grow or cause to grow and become more mature, advanced, and elaborate.” I see myself being a developer in many ways. There are a lot of mature nineteen year olds, but in my class throughout grade school and high school, I have felt like I was a mature example for many people. Whether that’s with decisions that I’ve made, things that I have chosen to say, or with the way that I respect and love people. One main reason I think that I have matured as a person in this world, is because I have and continue to mature in my faith with Jesus Christ. Everyday I strive to be more like Jesus than the day before, and most days I fail, but the fact that I try and take little steps to be closer with Him, makes me grow and makes me mature. I also am a musician which requires you to be a developer. Whether I am learning new music, a new instrument, or a new skill, I have to develop ways to approach learning, improving, and