Do you know what your strengths are?💪🏻 For sure, you already have a good grasp of what you’re good at because it’s impossible for our strengths and talents not to manifest in our daily life. For instance, I am quite sure communication is my strength because I’ve always loved talking and writing since I was little. It’s easy for me to express my thoughts into words and I don’t shy away from conversations. But what about my other strengths? Do I have other talents that I fail to acknowledge and just go untapped?
Last week, our company had an activity where I was introduced to StrengthsFinder by Donald Clifton. It is a powerful online assessment developed to help people uncover and develop their natural talents. StrengthsFinder lists 34 potential strengths, and after taking the around 200-item quiz, you’ll learn about your top 5 “signature themes” with detailed descriptions and suggestions for using them in life and at work.
I took the test, and I discovered that my top 5 strengths are these.
As I was reading the description per theme, I couldn’t stop saying “this is so me.” It feels wonderful to be validated, to learn that I am really good at something I always sorta thought I was good at.😉 Let me share here the description of each one.
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| This is really me, though I'm quite surprised to have this as my top 1 theme. I've always thought of myself as opinionated, but I guess it doesn't always mean I am assertive enough to air out what I think especially if it could 'rock the boat.' |
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| Like I mentioned in the first part of this post, I have always known this to be my strength. Maybe because as a child, I've always been expected to recite poems or declaim in front of my old relatives. |
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| Oh yes, I am able to survive the daily grind, thanks to my trusty routine, timelines, and structure! |
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| This theme is very apparent in my day to day life, at home and at work! When I've decided I will do something, I will do it NOW. When I know I need something, I'll ask for it NOW. It is my strength, and unfortunately, my major weakness. |
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| Yeah, the past is a very useful tool for me. The downside is, sometimes I tend to dwell too much on it. Oh well. |
With all 34 themes, there can be 33 million different combinations, and this top 5 of mine is my very own unique combination. That's why my mashup is really so me. Because I am only one out of 33 million who has this! Amazing, right?🤩 I wonder what the rest of my themes look like in terms of ranking. Maybe in time I'll purchase the full report so I could peek into it, but for now, I should try to focus on my five so I could develop them more. Like what was mentioned at the workshop conducted for our team, your top 5 strengths can also be your top 5 weaknesses, depending on how you use them. The talent could either be raw, which means it is uninformed, inexperienced, and tends to be more self-oriented and unproductive; or it could be mature, which means it is more informed, more practiced, tends to be more others-oriented and is highly productive. Having said these, I got lots of practicing to do on the path to maturity, especially with my Activator theme which can drive people crazy! 🤣
I can go on and on and on about StrengthsFinder because I find it really interesting, but this post has already gotten long! 😅 If you are as intrigued by it as I am, you can read more about StrengthsFinder here, and you can even take the test yourself! Be ready to gain an improved self-awareness and a new way to explain who you are to others. Ciao!
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