A comment made in another thread has sparked this chain of thought.
Are you aware of your good and bad points? Or, as interviewers like to call them "strengths and weaknesses"?
I think it is really important to be aware of what you have strengths in, but more so to be aware of what you need to work on. I find people lacking in self-awareness quite frustrating, especially in a work capacity.
Me?
Weaknesses: can be a tad petulant & sulk - I have got better at this as I've got older though & can pretty much keep a lid on it in a work capacity. I tend to take on too much - if I want something doing, I'll do it. I should delegate more.
Strengths: I'm a great communicator - speaking in front of audiences doesn't bother me, and I find holding audiences' attention quite easy. I am passionate about the things I believe in, and I believe that is a real strength.
So, what are your strengths and weaknesses?
Strengths can also be weaknesses, and vice versa.
I have a strength which means I take into account other's points of view and ideas within a team setting. My weakness here is when I allow somebody to dictate what's happening, even if I don't agree with it.
When I was a journalist (briefly) I was great at writing feature articles - but crap at butting into people's lives and asking personal questions!
I have a small retail business: I'm passionate about the product - but completely rubbish at sales and marketing. I just hate waving a big flag and yelling yoo-hoo, look at me and get your cash out: cold calling is my bete noir. Bloody hopeless - couldn't sell Evian in the Sahara. I'll never be entrepreneur of the year!
Sappho x
One of my strengths is the ability to laugh at myself and not take myself too seriously. Also to see absurdity in seemingly dire situations. (A protective mechanism perhaps?).
A definite weakness : A rapacious capacity for inaction. (I'm lazy!). In a way, that's not strictly true. I can be industrious when it involves something I'm interested in. I guess I might have different sets of priorities. I mean, I don't see the point in carrying out urgent repairs to my house and garden when I can sitting with my feet up reading a book. Perhaps when the rain is coming in from a hole in the roof I might possibly look up and think, "Yes, I must get 'round to fixing that some time."
My strengths are, my large sexual appendage, coupled with my ability to make the female of the species melt into my arms and experience multiple orgasm after multiple orgasm for hours on end.
My main weaknesses is my total inability to tell the truth
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Mine, same as Cicero. I believe I can do just about anything I put my mind too however I just dont have the get up and go to do it. To me thats not particularly a weakness I just dont like hard work.
My one huge weakness is organization and memory. My favorite saying to colleagues is "if you dont see me write it down assume Ive forgotten" I am also terrible with Paperwork and all that kind of stuff, just dont have a proper system in place.
Strengths to me are just things I find normal. Good at public speaking, very confident, positive attitude to tasks others wont take on (if I can be bothered), very laid back and adapt very easily to difficult changes in personal circumstances i.e. I am always the one after a disaster thats making sure things carry on as normally as possible.
My strengths and weaknesses are scarily similar to Nola's.
My biggest weakness is that I am rubbish at saying 'No' to people and, as a result, tend to take on too much and end up putting myself under unnecessary pressure.
Strengths include a calm head in a crisis, fairness, honesty and integrity and a consideration for others.
Memory is both a strength and a weakness. I can remember huge amounts of detail about certain things and can often recite entire conversations word for word - but I can also be completely incapable of remembering what someone told me five minutes ago!
Strengths: I'm one of those natural leader type's, always in control of the situation, get the job done, crack on with things and always manage to pull things out of the shit. I am very confident, and because i'm quite intelligent have a varied and wide ranging skill base that I can muster to get things done.
Weaknesses.
Because of the above I can be quite dominant and forcefull of my opinion. This manifests in the people around me feeling a bit pushed or put out as I don't tend to listen to their input ion situations that require somethingt doing, especially on a deadline. I have found from previous experience things usually go well my way so I just get people to crack on "my way". I can appear aggressive without even wanting to.
I suppose in this case, my strength is ALSO a weakness?
I can both plan and respond to changes on the ground, as they happen.
...but I am not a people person.
So things get done, but I can upset people in doing them, but in my personal life I tend to just relax and let things go.
My psych tests say I am gaol oriented, so it kind of fits.
Travis
Will..........Your postings always bring a smile to my face....Thankyou :thumbup:
I haven't actually finished yet. OI!!!
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