Ask someone about their weakness and they know it well, however, ask them about their strengths and they will not be as aware of it as of their weaknesses. While it’s highly important to be aware of your weak areas it is equally if not more to know where your strengths lie. The truth is being self aware of your strengths can help you achieve more in life and figuring out your strengths isn’t as hard as it might seem.

Know Your Strengths

Behavioral scientists, after extensive research, have come up with 24 personality strengths and all of them have its unique merit and no one is better than other. They are divided on the basis of virtue and strength of

1.      WISDOM and KNOWLEDGE

·        Creativity

·        Curiosity

·        Critical Thinking

·        Love of Learning

·        Perspective and Wisdom

2.      COURAGE

·        Honesty

·        Bravery

·        Persistence

·        Zest

3.      HUMANITY

·        Kindness

·        Love

·        Social Intelligence

4.      JUSTICE

·        Fairness

·        Leadership

·        Teamwork

5.      TEMPERANCE

·        Forgiveness

·        Modesty

·        Prudence

·        Self Control

6.      TRANSCENDENCE

·        Appreciation of Beauty

·        Gratitude

·        Optimism

·        Humor

·        Spirituality

Look through these strengths and you’ll discover quite a few that describe you and once you know your strengths you need to focus on how you can actively use them on a day-to-day basis for better results.

Develop Your Strengths

While some people are aware of their strong points, many are oblivion of their qualities. Here are few tips that will help you be more aware of your strongest qualities.

1.      Listen to the constructive feedback

Look back at the positive things people around you say about you. It might be coming from your boss, co-worker, clients, friends, family. Notice what common thing they say about you and dive deeper into it.

2.      When do you feel most productive or happy?

Think about all the times where you felt most happy or productive. Is it when you are working with a team or when you are around nature or something else? Discover when you feel happiest and look for the strength associated with it.

3.      What are you most proud of?

Identify something that you are proud of and after that identify the skill set or strength required to achieve it.

4.      Take help

The above steps will help you know more about yourself but to truly know your strengths you need to know thy self. For that you can take help of experts so you get great results in a short span of time.

Benefits of Being Aware of Your Strengths

·        Working with People

We are social beings and spend quite a lot of time with other people and knowing yourself well can help you to relate to them better. You will learn to work together and live in harmony. Only when you are aware of your strengths and weaknesses you will be able to see where you stand in any relationship of your life.

·        Job Interviews

Interviewers frequently ask to list the interviewee’s accomplishments with their strengths and weaknesses. Not everyone is able to answer this question quickly as they keep pondering over which strengths to focus on.

Being able to list three to five strengths, each from one virtue can put you up in a good spot as knowing your strengths you will be able to cope up with the work environment and the people there.

·        Projects at Work

If you are already working somewhere knowing your strengths can help you maximize your productivity at work. You’ll be easily able to distinguish what tasks you can do better and where you would require extra skills.

Incorporating Your Strengths

Now that you’ve become aware of your strengths it’s time to build up on them. It’s better to focus on what you have and slowly in the process acquire more strengths to become the best version of yourself.

All the best!