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The Strengths And Weaknesses Of An Individual Impacts Essay

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The strengths and shortcomings of an individual impacts several aspects of both their personal and professional lives including job performance, relationships, and health. An individual that is focused on their shortcomings is six times more likely to dread going to work, have more negative than positive interactions with others, achieve less on a daily basis, and have fewer positive and creative moments (Rath, 2007, p.12). On the other hand, when individuals do invest time and energy into developing their strengths they experience improved confidence, direction, hope, and kindness towards others (Rath, 2007, p. 12). “To help people uncover their talents, Gallup introduced the first version of its online assessment, StrengthsFinder, in the 2001 management book Now, Discover Your Strengths” (Gallup, 2016). Since, 2001, Gallup has changed and updated the original assessment to the StrengthsFinder 2.0 assessment which includes language of 34 themes. The StrengthsFinder 2.0 online assessment identified my personal top five themes as responsibility, strategic, significance, adaptability, and learner. First the theme responsibility displays my willingness to take psychological ownership of what I say I will do, my commitment to values such as honest and loyalty, a strong desire to make others feel welcomed and accepted in my presence, and a need to conduct myself in a proper, ethical, legal, and upright manner to gain a sense of righteousness. Second, the theme of strategic

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