Essay On Strengthsfinder

“The key to human development is building on who you already are” is a famous quote given by Tom Rath, the author of the book StrengthsFinder. It is very important for any individual to know their strengths, and capitalize on them in order to become a great leader. The book StrenghtsFinder examined five strengths that best described my character through an online assessment. The four strengths found by the book that I feel best describes me are communication, achiever, includer and adaptability. After reading about these strengths and self-analyzing myself I was able to associate myself with these four themes, which were identified as my strengths. My top strength was Communication. People with the strength of communication put there thought and feelings into words and don’t struggle to express themselves. I found it very interesting that I would be cited as having communication as my top strength. I do consider myself a social butterfly, who loves being surrounded by people at all
I have always been aware about the achieving drive in my character. The drives of achieving my goal has always made me physically and mentally challenge myself for a simple need of satisfaction at the end of the day. I studied in a boarding school in India for seven years, where I wanted to achieve the honor of being the headgirl (school leader) at my last year of high school. This meant being an all rounder. I pushed my self in all sports team and excelled at swimming. I worked hard in my studies and contributed in class participations. My teachers recognized me for all the hard work I put in and I did achieve my goal. My strength of an achiever comes from an independent life at a boarding school with the willingness to standout out of the crowd amongst the other students. Presently, the part of the reason for my willingness to further complete my college degree and get an MBA, thereafter, comes from a drive of achieving my dreams in the