Strengths and Weaknesses
My two biggest strengths are that I am enthusiastic and that I'm ahard worker. For instance, when I learned to snow ski, I was soenthusiastic about it that I talked five friends into trying it as well. Icame back from my first ski trip and described it in terms other peoplecould understand. I said that it was like riding a horse without the horse,or like riding a motorcycle without the motorcycle's noise. People couldreally relate to it, and it was obvious how much fun I had had. No one hadthought of me as an athletic person, and I think they realized that if Icould learn to do it, they could too. We all enjoy skiing now. I'm also a very hard worker. This is true whether I'm doing classwork, assignments at a job, or just for fun. Since I'm not very athletic,it really took a lot of work for me to ski. I was the weakest person
I fell more than some people atfirst, but falling is just part of skiing and it isn't dangerous unlessyou're out of control. I didn't give up, and now I have a wonderful sportto enjoy. Of all of these things, I think the most important thing would be tonot let my enthusiasm intrude on others. I would set some specific communication goals for me. To work on this, when I get veryenthusiastic, I will put a hand in my pocked and physically raise threefingers before speaking, to make sure the other person is done first. Just because I think there'smore to be done doesn't mean there necessarily is. Related to that is my determination. My second goal would be to count to three aftersomeone starts speaking, to make sure they're really done, before jumpingin. Sothe first goal would be for me to monitor how much everyone is talking, anduse some of what I say to draw others into the conversation instead of justsaying what's on my mind. For the other difficulty, of imposing my own standards on others, Iwould approach such projects by having a discussion with my co-workersfirst: how long do they think it will take to finish the task, do we haveenough time to finish it, how will we decide when we're done' Then I wouldhave to listen to what they have to say and be ready to compromise. in theclass, but I was also the most determined, and by the end of the third dayI actually went down an expert slope. If I'm working on a school orwork project, I may be willing to put in six hours when others think threeor four is enough. However, those strengths also contribute to my weaknesses.
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