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- 1. Running head: STREGTHS QUEST 1 Strengths Quest Sang Nguyen Cornerstone Section 23 The University of Northern Iowa
- 2. STRENTHS QUEST 2 Strengths Quest As stated in my strengths quest report, my top five strengths are restorative, relator, responsibility, competition, and significance. I totally agreed with the result, it definitely represents my strengths and talents as a whole, but when it breaks down to details, I disagreed with some parts. Before taking strength quest, I did not notice these characteristics within myself, I did not see any of these characteristics presence in me. Strength quest also allows me to think and look at myself as a different person. I was little surprised by how accurate it describes my personality as well as my strengths as a whole. Though there are still some agreements and disagreements within the description of each talent. First, my agreements on this theme report was unbelievable strong. I believed I had these talents such that I am a responsible person who likes to solve problems and conflicts between two persons. I am a competitive person, but I can also relate to other people. For instance, in my group of friends, I am that competitive person who wants to win every bowling game we play. The way my friends or family members talk to me when they have conflicts between one another also makes me believe I am a relator. But what I agreed the most out of five theme is significance, I wanted to be important to everyone. I personally believed this is who I am, I easily get angry or jealous when my presence or absence does not matter to someone. Nevertheless, there were several disagreements on this report. Pointed out by my managers at my workplace, they said, restorative speaks of you a little, but mostly you dont like to solve problems. If there is a problem at work, you tend to complain more than solving it. I also believe what managers said was true, I am a big complainer, but after complaining, I will have the problems solved. Another disagreement was the way they describe myself within the theme
- 3. STRENTHS QUEST 3 competitive, I do not usually compete to outshine or to be better than my peers. I view others performances as a motivation for myself to do better and to grow. Throughout my life there were a lot of situations where I felt really successful and was able to apply my strengths toward them. First of all, my job at Hollister is a big example and experience for me. I am the only person at work who knows everything from the front to the back of the store. Because I am a responsibility person, my manager knows that I will get things done when assigning a task to me, he often has me do it rather than someone else. However because of my willingness to get things done, I usually end up doing more work than any of my coworkers. Secondly, my relationship toward everyone is another amazing thing in my life. I can relate to people, that is why many people find me when they are in their worst situation. They know they can just talk everything out not worry about my judgment. I believe being a relator does help me pulling everyone toward me which makes me happy. I was able to gain trust from the beloved ones, and that also means the importance of my presence. I also enjoy making new friends, but mostly, I enjoy being around my close friends. If I was having communication strength in me, making new friends was much easier for me. There were many times that I can utilize my strengths, but it does not mean that there were not times I was not able to wisely use my strengths. For instance, I was the manager of the school spirit store back in high school for two consecutive years. I was loving being the manager because I felt like I was important, but in reality I was not. Being the manager, but I was not able to made any decision within the store-wise. Even little things like how to decorate the store, where to put the cash register, how many people I need each day and how long the store need to be opened. Though I was responsible for the store operations and the revenues or the losses. In two years of doing that job, I was not able to utilize my strengths to figure out how to recover
- 4. STRENTHS QUEST 4 from our losses from the previous years. But in the end, my involvement in school store got me so much of an unforgettable experience. Another failure of applying my strengths was just in my regular daily life. Although I am a relator which means I can relate to peoples problems and conflicts, but I more than often question others actions or thoughts. I judge people without making connection or thinking about their situations in this crazy world. I try to relate to people, to be an understanding person, but it is too challenging. Because of my strengths, my relationship with other people is just fantastically the way I wanted it. As I mentioned above, relator pulls people closer to me. They trust me for my responsibility. They believe me because of my competitive edge, I want everyone around me to be better than any other group of friends. For instance, I met a Korean girl during my first week at the University of Northern Iowa. I can relate to the feelings she had at the time, I knew she was homesick, she had no friend, and all she wanted to do was returning home. Therefore, I took her out to places with my group of friends; I talked to her to make her feel comfortable. But most important, I shared the experience in going oversea and my tips in learning English with her. And now, we are so closed, we share every moment together. And since then, it is just sad to think about her returning home after this semester. Thus, I am applying for a study abroad program in Korea next academic year to be around her. However, my strengths are also my weaknesses. I am such a competitive person that sometimes I make my friends do things that they did not want to do such as compete with each other at the bowling games, at volleyball games, or even at lifting weights. I had lost a good friend because I forced him to do many things. I wanted my best friend to be better than everyones best friend. Consequently, I forced him to take more classes, study harder, and play sports and practice video games, just about anything that will turn him into a better person.
- 5. STRENTHS QUEST 5 Overtime, he thought I was just using him to compete with other people, so our friendship was ruined. I had the best of the best friends, but I did not appreciate him. I was too selfish. Not much of a difference between my personally relationship and my academic life. I believe these strengths help me do well in school. From first grade to my high school graduation, I was in top ten of my graduating class. I was known to be a hardworking student and was also expected to be going to medicine school after high school. However, these strengths helped me figure out what I want to do with my life and which direction I should follow. I am a business majored because I personally think with my top five strengths, I will be able to go far in this career. It is all tied together, I am responsible to get my work done. For example, throughout my first semester, I did not miss any class or any assignments. I finished my first semester with an above average GPA. I was proud to have those strengths in myself. I have not been identified my strengths and utilized them before, but merely those strengths helped me get through every day of life. I believed one ought to recognize their strengths and weaknesses will help them succeed in different parts of their lives. With the same principle, I can conclude that with my strengths being found, I will utilize it and shape myself into a consistent person. I also have confidence in my improvement in school and will have better relationships with people around me. I cannot change in one moment, but I will take my strengths as my stepping-stone and improve myself as I go. And from time to time, these strengths will help me go far in my career.