Finding Strengths

Intellection is apparently my number one strength, based on Tom Rath’s Strengthsfinder 2.0. Which, isn’t really bad. I like to think and, the book says, “I like to think.” I knew that I liked to think way before I started writing. Reading books made me think. And when you think, sometimes it can’t always be done in your head. When the book said something about ourselves being our own best companion, and answering our own posed questions, I almost felt as though he reached into my head and took those memories directly.

The whole point, is to learn about our strengths to develop them further. I believe I do that, sort of. I give myself time to be alone and think – and I don’t mean my day dreams in class. But, I won’t get too much into that lest I disclose how my mind works online.

I am glad that this test confirmed this as a strength. I have friends that I can be philosophical with. To question things, create answers, and then questions those. Or, look into the past in an attempt to look at the future. Futuristic, that word, was actually one of the strengths in the book, and also in my list of five. It was the last one however.

For my profession, intellection is actually a great resource for me. Being a writer, having the passion of thinking, of loving to think, is great. One of the other strengths of mine is Strategic. Seeing parts and pattern, I could integrate that into my stories. All of my strengths – Intellection, Input, Ideation, Strategic, Futuristic. These can all work in my favor. But, if I were to change my idea of what I wanted to do in the future… makes me wonder what I could go into. The biggest flaw that I found in those five words is that, I don’t remember any really mentioning my friendships, or socialization. Intellection does mention having a few philosophical friends but, that doesn’t mean anything about people I meet on the spot. Because of that, I’m left in the dark. I know I’m shy person, but then at the same time, I can be very social. Really, my strengths seem to work in situations when I’m by myself, and with my best companion.

Perhaps I’ll post a poem on here, constructed from those strengths.