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What are your strengths?

How did you discover and identify your strengths?

Do you focus on your strengths?
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May 20, 2009 09:40 PM
I have a number of strengths:

My biggest strength is analytical thinking. I can see connections and follow them where many others miss them.

And that's why I learned my second biggest strength: annotation. I learned to back up my conclusions, precisely because so many people didn't see what I saw in the first place.

Writing is also a big strength for me, and all kinds of language skills.

As far as interpersonal/character traits go, I have learned to practice optimism, and to extend mercy. My natural tendency is to be judgmental, so I've made a strong effort to see the other side.

It's hard balancing that with my drive for excellence. Really hard! And my persistence, which drove my mom nuts when I was a child. At the time she called my stubborn, but in reality it's that quality of never giving up. I may back off for a while, but I always come back.
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I really don't like blowing my own horn like this.

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May 19, 2009 04:18 PM
I am realistic and bounce back quite nicely after as set-back. I think being able to see things for what they really are and not through rosy-colored glasses has been very helpful to me. I've had dreams and aspirations of great things, some happened, some did not.

One does not live in the shadow of your failed aspirations or in denial. You get up, dust yourself and realize that there is a lot more than one way to be successful. Don't whine or think you are a failure because the dream you had when you were eighteen did not happen.

Wake up and realize you are now thirty-five years old with an eight year old that needs a resilient role model.

Your children should not have to live with a parent that lives in what should have been. They need optimism, pragmatism and spunk!.

Make sure your kids can never justify mediocrity by saying "I did better than my mom ever did!".

I always look at things realistically and not allow myself to be distracted by temporary setbacks. Just adjust and keep going strong.

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