What are your strengths? Are you uncertain how to answer the question? Get some clear answers with this GenuLines look at finding those strengths.
Top Ways to Identify Your Strengths
We all have unique strengths and unique weaknesses. This is part of what makes us, well, unique.
And it’s what makes teamwork so important in a working environment.
This way it’s possible to leverage the individual strengths of many different people. The result is a well-oiled machine.
The problem is many of us actually don’t know our own strengths. We’re unable to be objective in analyzing our skills
Our ego or our self-doubt kicks in to prevent us from finding out what we’re good at. So how do you find where your strengths lie?
Ask People
One approach is to ask people what they think your strengths are. Now, you don’t want to take anyone’s word and leave it at that.
But when you start noticing patterns in the responses there could be at least a bit of truth.
Look at Your Experience
Another way to find your skills is to look at your own experience. If you’ve spent a lot of time on a particular career path, you may have gained specific abilities related to that.
And they may open your eyes to strengths you weren’t aware of.
Asses Your Weaknesses
Another good way to find your strengths is to look at your weaknesses. In other words, as you drop the things you’re bad at, it should leave the things you’re good at.
Look at your own career. Let’s say you’re a web designer – do you work better with the code, with the layout or with the artistic part?
Which of these is your skill and which is the weak link?
Look at What You Love
As a general rule, you’ll tend to enjoy doing the things you’re very good at. So if you want to know what you’re good at, try to spot the times when you’re the most engaged and the most switched on.
Try Lots of Things
There’s a good chance that the thing you’re good at is something you haven’t even considered yet. That’s why it’s important to broaden your experiences.
Give yourself more leverage in finding your strengths and skills.
JohnK 9-11-2023
chiforyoursef.com
Overheard: ” Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength”
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