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Understanding our Strengths

National LEAD | AIESEC India

Do we know ourselves?

Take 5 minutes,analyze yourself as a person. Write down the major points.

Your Talents and your Strengths

Your Talents are Your Natural Gifts

Strength is the quality or state of being strong, in particular

Mental Talents Talents that involve thinking and creativity.

Physical Talents Talents that involve using your body.

Social Talents Talents that involve getting along with other people.

Weaknesses!

Little Johnny comes home one day, looks down at his feet, and gives you his report card. You smile at him as you open it up and look inside. Then your smile disappears when you see the F in math. You also see an A (English) and two Bs (history and science). You look down at little Johnny and ask, “What happened in math, Johnny? Why did you get this F?”

But that’s a mistake. The wrong focus. If you dwell on Johnny’s failure, on his weakness, you’ll be setting him up for a life of struggle and low self-esteem while reducing his chances of reaching his full potential.

20 Years Later…

“You’ve worked hard this year John. Your client orientation is superb. You’ve met your sales goals and you’re a solid team player. But you have an area that needs development, specifically, your detail orientation. The spreadsheets we get from you are a mess. Let’s talk about how you can get better in that.”

We have a report card problem!

Next time little Johnny hands you his report card with an F in math and an A in English, keep smiling and resist the temptation to ask about the F. Instead, ask about the A first. “What happened in English?” you should say to Johnny, “Why did you get this A?” Then let him tell you about how and why he succeeds. What is it about the work that excites him? What about the teacher? How did he study?

And then, if you want to teach him to harness his particular path to success, make sure to get him an English tutor too.

Purpose!

Do you want to know your Life’s Purpose?

Let’s figure it out in less than 5 minutes.

Who you are?

What do you do? (what is one thing that you feel you are supremely qualified to teach other people?)

Who you do it for?

What do those people want or need?

How do they change or transform as a result of what you give them?

Outward Facing

Happier people make it a point to make other people happy.

Knowing Yourself and your purpose: • you have to live with yourself 24/7• self-awareness builds confidence• self-awareness boosts identity

Task before the next webinar