My Top 5 Strengths

 My Top 5 Strengths

[Based on Tom Rath’ book “STRENGTHS FINDER 2.0”]

 

 

 

BELIEF:

I have certain core values that are enduring.

They give my life meaning and satisfaction.

They provide me with direction, guiding me through the temptations and distractions of life toward a consistent set of priorities.  This consistency is the foundation for all my relationships.

My work must be meaningful; it must matter to me.

 

 

DISCIPLINE:

My world needs to be ordered and planned.

I set up routines.

I focus on timelines and deadlines.

I am impatience with errors.

Increasing efficiency is one of my hallmarks.

 

 

FOCUS:

I need a clear destination.

I set goals each days, each week, each year.

My focus forces me to filter; I instinctively evaluate whether or not a particular action will help me move toward my goal.  Those that don’t are ignored.

In the end, my Focus forces me to be efficient.

 

 

RELATOR:

I do not necessarily shy away from meeting new people.

I am comfortable with intimacy.  Once the initial connection has been made, I deliberately encourage a deepening of the relationship.

I want to understand their feelings, their goals, their fears, and their dreams; and I want them to understand mine.  I know that this kind of closeness implies a certain amount of risk – I might be taken advantage of – but I am willing to accept that risk.

For me a relationship has value only if it is genuine.

The more I share with other, the more I risk together.  The more I risk together, the more each of me proves my caring is genuine.

I do not do well in an overly formal organization.

I am more interested in the character and personality of others than in their status or job title.

No matter how busy I am, I stay in contact with my friends.  They are my fuel.

 

 

HARMONY:

I look for areas of agreement.

I try to find the common ground.

Harmony is one of my guiding values.

When others strike out in a direction, I will willingly, in the service of harmony, modify my own objectives to merge with theirs (as long as their basic values do not clash with mine).