Recognizing Your Weaknesses and Strengths

Self-discipline is another strength that I possess. When you are dealing with clients or employees who are repeatedly frustrated and taking it out on you, it takes a certain level of restraint not to lose your composure. This trait is also applicable in my personal life where I manage my personal financial properly in order to afford better material items for my children.

One of my greatest personal strength that help me a lot into other areas of my life is persistence, persistence to be good at whatever I do. I set high standards for myself. I believe in doing things well in order to be successful with what I do and with the commitments I make.

Finally, other personal strengths I have that contribute in my professional carrier are: pride in work, goal orientated, effective leadership abilities, and good budgeting and finance abilities. These strengths have allowed me to advance in my professional career without a degree. The work that I produce is a reflection of who I am. I set high standards for my work, and myself. My employer has always been very pleased with the quality and quantity of my work. I am goal-orientated manager. I set goals for myself and I work with my staff to set goals for the department I manage. Effective goals and planning gives everyone a since of purpose and direction. Once a goal is completed, we celebrate the achievement together.

A personal area of weakness for me is writing. I feel it takes me too much time to put a paper together. I really enjoy writing, but when I have a structured outline to follow. Because of this, I’m trying to avoid long writing in my workplace, and when I have to put a memo, or a proposal together it takes me an enormous amount of time and thinking. I feel that what I have in writing does not make sense. I committed to myself to apply more effort in this area what I consider a very important skill to have in my carrier. Now that I decided to continue my college education I will learn from my instructors, books, and classmates to become a more efficient and skilled writer.

Another personal weakness is my vocabulary. Using the correct words and learn more words always has been a challenge. I feel that increasing my vocabulary will help me to grow and advance in my carrier and in my personal life as well. As a manager, a well use of words verbally and in writing is an important part of my day to day.

Personal strength and weaknesses, by identifying these two areas I will be able to plan what to overcome and what to improve even further. It will not be an easy task, but I will handle this with the best of my abilities. Something that I’m confident is that the result will help me to be a better individual and professional, at the same time I will be able to help others around me.