Example Of My Talents Essay

Every person has strengths and weaknesses. In both professional and personal life it is important that a person is able to distinguish his/her strengths and weaknesses, make best use of his/her strengths and, ideally, convert weaknesses into neutral traits or even strengths.
As far as I understand myself responsibility, belief, activator and self-assurance are my major strengths. I developed responsibility in course of studying at school, having experienced that the lack of one’s responsibility may lead to highly negative consequences (e.g., quarrels with classmates, failing projects).
On the contrary, belief is my inherent strength. Even in childhood, when I experienced difficult situations, I always believed that everything will be handled. My beliefs usually tend to be strong, and I consider believing crucial for achieving success and not getting depressed, when encountering difficulties. However, sometimes, if things do not flow the way I believe they have to, I can feel disillusionment. Nevertheless, I usually handle it quite quickly as I know that things work out for the best.
I think, my self-assurance stems from the fact that I profoundly believe in myself. Thus, I always feel from inside that I will be able to cope with challenges and find my way. In the past I used to live in several countries (Saudi Arabia, Austria, USA). Each time, when I moved to a different country, it was challenging for me to get accustomed to the new environment. However, belief and self-assurance always helped me to get integrated and successfully handle different kinds of issues.
Being an activator is also my inherent strength. Since childhood I have always acted as a leader in games and teamwork. Emphasizing my natural activeness and liveliness, I almost always manage to inspire persons and get them involved into common work or other activities.
II. Responsibility is a strength that helped me ensure success in studies and work. When I was studying at school, teachers always knew that I am the best choice for leading common projects. Om the one hand, I always felt responsible for the project as a whole and did my best to complete my part of work. One the other hand, my responsibility often served as a good example for the others. Responsibility also helped me to start studying international business in the USA. Getting prepared for the admission was a difficult task, especially due to the fact that English is not my mother tongue. However, my sense of responsibility allowed me to make best use of time, gather all necessary documents, pass exams and start to study international business. While many of my friends were hanging out, I felt strong responsibility for my future and made myself study. Therefore, the majority of my mates always praised my sense of responsibility and an ability to manage my time and efforts in most efficient way.
Belief is a quality that helps me be responsible. I always believe in what I do. Thus, belief helps me not to stop and cope with challenges. During my studies at university I helped my group mates to cope with personal; issues, stemming from the lack of confidence and an inability to acknowledge their mistakes. Particularly belief enabled me to help the others and let them believe that things can still be improved, and it is still a way out of difficult situations. Belief is an excellent tool that lets me not to stay depressed, if something goes wrong, continue working and encourage others.
Being an activator is an excellent strength for team leaders. When I was a child, I always led games, because it was easy for me to encourage others and get them involved into a game. When I became older, I learnt to use this strength for a common good. Thus, teachers always appointed me as a leader for school projects, because they knew that I could inspire all the others to work successfully. Importantly, I have always used to activate others in a very friendly manner, and my group mates never protested against my leadership.
III I am confident that a developed sense of responsibility will necessarily help me in my professional life. It will allow me to fully focus on tasks and challenges and produce results in most efficient manner. Thus, responsibility will serve as a foundation, allowing me to develop professional reputation, ensure that partners are willing to cooperate with me and attract clients. The “dark side” of responsibility is an inability to delegate due to the fear that something will go wrong. Therefore, I would like to improve my delegation skills by delegating more tasks to my class mates, while leading projects at university. I would also like to ensure that I spend at least two hours a day with my family instead of trying to complete too many tasks myself.
Combined with responsibility, belief will also help me to attract partners and customers in course of my future business activities. The “dark side” of belief deals with the fact that it sometimes prevents from doing things, especially, if they concern relationships. To combat this drawback, I will try to be more active, when building up personal relations during the next semester.
Being an activator is a crucial strength for a person, who aims to create a team to run his/her own business. However, it may happen that an activator prevents other people from being active and leads them instead of empowering. Thus, I would like to learn more about the technologies of empowerment and try to use them, while working in a team during classes, as well as playing soccer.