Personal Strengths and Weaknesses

Everyone is embedded with things that make them unique. As individuals we each bring soemthing new, creative, and different to the table. This brings to to discuss personal strengths and weaknessess within myself and my everyday living. Personal strengths are areas where we tend to excel, and seem to express above average. Personal Weaknesses to me are areas where we would like to excel but seem to still need improvement. If I can, let me share with you my strengths and weaknesses and see how they effect my everyday being.

Lets begin with my personal strengths. To me these are areas where I think I excel and have the most experience. Being an effective communicator is one of the best traits that I think a person can carry. Effective communication consists of being able to speak clearly and professionally, while being knowleadgeable at the same time. I also have to ensure that the message that is being communicated is easy to understand and that my message covers all the facts and pertinent information. Communication has become one of the key parts to being successful in work life and in my personal life. Communication is key to my marriage and any relationship that I build within a team, workplace, and even with my small child. Being an effective communicator is definetely a strong point for me. Possessing the skills to be a leader is also a bright area for me. I learned at an early age that I love to be in charge and that taking initiative to get things done has a very positive outlook. Being that I have learned my limitations and what is best for me, I do better as a leader and not a follower. Being a leader takes an outgoing personality, and a person that loves to work an be around people. It also takes good decision making skills and the ability to work well under pressure sometimes. I am truly a people person and feel that I have the traits that it takes to lead a group to the moon if need be. Which leads me into being a team player. I believe that team work is always a great asset to any work or personal group and being a team player is one of my stronger attributes. Being a team player means being able to work well with others, to offer assistance to others in need, and to be very open to new ideas and other peoples opinions. Being a team player to me falls right into place with being a people person and being able to work well with others. I am faced with being a team player on my job everyday and I dont think that we would be as successful as we are without team work and without each person being the best team player that they can be. Therefore, my team player ability is truly a strong point for me as well. Lastly, time management has to also be a strength for me. While being a full time wife, full time mother, full time employee, and full time student something has to give! Time management is a skill that I learned by trial and error. It is a strength that took a lot of time to acquire but I finally got it down, as if I had a choice with such a busy schedule. Time management and being able to balance all of the activities that I have in my life, and ensuring that I meet the demands of each full time commitment

that I have has been an easy transition for me since I have mastered managing my time. Having balance not only means that I meet all of my demands but that I have a peace of mind as well. I have the satisfaction and one less stress when my time has been managed properly and everyone is happy.

Now the not so strong points in my world. My personal weaknesses are those areas that I work hard everyday to master so that they can also be applied to everyday living in a positive way. The first weakness that I would like to discuss would be my lack of business savvy. I love the corporate environment and the great growth potential that corporate america has to offer. But, I get easily discouraged because I feel that I lack the corporate etiquette that is needed to be successful. I am hoping that through

my business management course work and through

experience that I can learn what it takes to be a successful creative business woman. Next, I feel that one of my weaker points is being an effective listener. If the material or even the person that I am talking to starts to lose