Strength and Weaknesses Essay

Daziann Rivera

October 20, 2010

Professor V

Self Assessment

            Strengths and weaknesses play a major role in our lives whether or not they are vivid or vague to us. As students I believe that it is extremely important to recognize what they are so that we can improve on our weaknesses or make them work. As far strengths we can always get better at what we think we are great at. I am proud that at the age of 23 I am pretty clear on what I think my strengths and weaknesses are and I am open and willing to accept and change things to make me a better person personal and professionally.

            I believe that one of my biggest strengths is my ability to observe different situations with an open mind. I tend to sit back watch and listen to all views before coming to a conclusion.  By doing this I feel that I can clearly make a logically decision. Another strength that I posses is multi tasking. I have a very Sharpe eye for detail and find it very easy to handle many challenges at once. I am thankful for this because I do have a very busy schedule. A strength that I feel is beneficial is being a visual learn. With this skill it is very easy for me to watch something once or maybe twice and easily be able to do it and grasp the concept fully. I think this is a very useful tool and will give me an edge in the near future. With strength comes weakness and for me that is a very difficult thing to face.

            Unfortunately one of my weaknesses is not being able to focus on something that I am not interested in. If there is a subject matter that has not drawn me in I get bored and extremely fidgety. Another weakness I have is not having a poker face so to speak. If I don’t like something or someone is doing or saying something that is extremely useless or unethical to say it is written all over my face. I find it extremely hard to keep a straight face. Lastly procrastination is probably one of my biggest flaws. Since I always think I have time I end up doing everything at once.  I believe that I need help with time management and this problem can be fixed if I learn to stick to a schedule.

            It is a little odd to me to write what the consequences of my strengths are because I would assume that they would be positive. Looking into ii more thoroughly since one of my strengths is the ability to be open minded I feel that sometimes it can interfere with my own perceptions. I have to continue being open minded but keep my opinion in the back of my mind until it is time to be discussed or addressed. My other strength was multi tasking this is a definite issue in my mind although I do believe that I can handle a lot of things at once it can be overwhelming, and multiply errors can occur to often. As far as me being a visual learner I am not sure how much of a consequence that is but if I had to really dig deep I would say it is hard for me to listen to what people are saying all the time for example if a professor is lecturing and I have to take notes it is hard for me. Other then that I think being a visual learner is great.

            Consequences of my weaknesses are much easier for me to identify for one thing me not being able to focus on things that don’t interest me is terrible in school alone I am sure I will have classes that are boring and don’t spark an interest I need to be able to focus and  grasp the information being presented to me otherwise this can become an unbreakable habit. My poker face weakness can also be a bit dangerous when someone has strong feelings about something or is addressing something of value to them it is harsh and rude to make faces or interrupt with your own opinions and thoughts.  I have to learn how to remain calm and let them air out what they feel and just accept it. My biggest weakness procrastination the worst thing ever, since I know I am good at multitasking I feel that I can get away with working on things the last minute. That is the worst way to think because it is not putting your best foot forward. When you give yourself time to do things it allows you to go back with new and fresh ideas, it helps you indentify your mistakes easily, and really shows your best work. I know this has to be changed immediately because I have been doing this since Junior High School. As much as I try I always do it to myself I think I need to find some sort of tool to help me handle this issue.

            Being able to indentify your strength and weaknesses is beneficial for everyone. We can improve ourselves drastically. When we are clear on what we need help with, there is always a way to help the problem. Knowing what your strengths are helps because we can grow from them. Sometimes knowing what it is helps leads you to other things it gives you an idea of where you stand. From there you can either be proud or know that you want to be more then what you are and that happens with change. Fix what you don’t like about yourself and everything will fall into place. The better you feel about your strengths the better others will feel about them.

 To future success

Daziann*