Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Strengths Finder

Today as a ResStaff training, I went through Strength Finder Test. Strength Finder was developed by Gallup Press, and it is supposed to identify top 5 strengths of a person.

And these fives areas were identified as my strengths.

1. Restorative - adept at dealing with problems. Good at figuring out what is wrong and resolving it.

2. Context - enjoy thinking about the past. Understand the present by researching history.

3. Learner - Have a great desire to learn and want to continuously improve. In particular, the process of learning, rather than the outcome, excites them.

4. Intellection - Characterized by intellectual activity. Introspective and appreciate intellectual discussions.

5. Input - Have a craving to know more. Often like to collect and archive all kinds of information.

When it comes down to a personality test, I process the result with a healthy does of skepticism. I really don't think the complexity of personality can be described by five words.

The list reminded me that the recent life experience has changed a lot the way I think/function. Especially, I was a bit perplexed to see CONTEXT in the list because I spend a lot of time daydreaming about my life in future. I think 'CONTEXT' would never have made the list four years ago. Ever since I lay my first step into HMCC, I was bombarded with the importance of reflection and the prayer life as a Christian. (which I'm very thankful for) I don't believe I have quite mastered the art of reflection. But I could definitely see the increased level of reflection in my life.

Looking back and learning from the successes/mistakes seems so wise yet difficult thing to do.
What I realized though, I tend to focus too much on mistakes and failures. And I'm not so sure why I seem to so keenly wired to negativity. I recalled my youth was full of optimism. Now, I'm driven by failures.

I don't know this is because I'm seeing more honest and real facets of life or I'm just going through nasty patch of my life. And I really don't think I would figure this out anytime soon, but I don't want to be driven by failures anymore. I want to be driven by love and passion.

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