Lessons Learned From My Strengths

Self-directed, intrinsically motivated, active learners take responsibility for their learning. They are able to take what they have learned in the classroom and apply it to their personal lives, or vise versa. They often posses leadership abilities.
Personally I find myself not to be self-directed. I find myself needing outside approval for everything I do. However, I am getting better at pushing myself to trust my own instincts. Because of this I will have to say my two strengths are the ability to accept responsibility for my actions and my goal-orientation. I, myself, need to have a goal for each week and long-term. WIth strengths comes weaknesses, I find one of my weaknesses to be procrastination.
If I finish something in an appropriate time frame, I am rewarded with something. This could be something material- like that maple donut I have been craving so much- or extra time to spend out with friends. On top of this I want to learn to start on task. To do this I want to vary my learning environment. I want to go somewhere I have not worked before once a week. This will help me because I will need to learn not to be so easily distracted by the outside world. Another thing that has really helped me stay on task, and I plan to continue with, is taking small, frequent breaks during my study sessions. These have allowed me to stay focused for a shorter amount of time but to get more work done long-term because I don't tire so quickly; Finally I plan to sleep on my work. Not legitimately sleep on as to absorb knowledge by osmosis, but by taking a break when I cannot figure something out or my work seems subpar. If I seep or take a long break without thinking about it and come back, I am going to be more likely to notice what is wrong or that I was