My Strengths In Action

Belief- Belief has often beena liability to me because I hold soooo strongly to what I believe... This often makes me unwilling to compromise on issues, and sometimes I offend people because I believe in something so strongly. However, I can also use this in many good ways. One way that I can use it this semester is to hold strongly to my beliefs in classes, but at the same time I am interested in strengthening my beliefs with a more firm foundation, and that is somethind I can do in my classes this year.

Empathy- Sometimes empathy causes problems for me because I feel so deeply for others that it effects my emotions and I cannot function properly, but I can also use this strength in good ways. One example of this is that when my friends are having hard times I can be there to encourage and help them, which is something I love to do and hope I can do this semester.

Developer- Sometimes people get annoyed because I want so badly for them to excel, it can become a little bit overbearing and that is hard for people to handle... and it can start to become an issue of me trying to control them. However, I can use this during this year to teach people how to do different things, not anything big, but just little things like when new people come to work in the caf I can help them out.

Connectedness- This can sometimes give me trouble because I get soooo upset when people do something that hurts someone else. I am SO incredibly aware of how everything people do effects everyone else that I often get angry with my friends when they do something stupid that hurts me or someone else. But I think I can use this strength this year in that it helps me to govern my actions. I am careful to try not to do anything stupid that will have a bad effect on someone else because I am aware that the things I do effect other people besides just me... so I can use this strength this semester to keep me from making stupid mistakes that will hurt others as well as myself.

Adaptability- Sometimes I drive people crazy because I do not really care when my plans are changed. i love for something new and different to be thrown in the works, and other people do not... so when I try to change something last minute people get annoyed... But this is a good strength for me to have because it helps to balance out the fact that i like to get everything done and am something of a perfectionist... it helps me to relax a little bit :) also, in this tought time for me transitioning into life in the states, it does help me not to miss my home in Cameroon sooo much...this is the strength that will keep me sane this semester...