I was close to choosing futuristic as one of my self perceived strength but decided not. My pre-self-assessment differed from the Strengths Quest results probably because of the test makes you choose one statement over another, so based on that, if you choose one type more often, than that strength will be on your top five. Even though I can see myself as all of these strengths, I probably picked traits and events that more strongly showed that I was the selected strengths the test picked rather than the ones I chose for myself. For example, I still see myself as focused but depends on the …show more content…
Since one of my strengths is consistency, this would be great for bringing a community together because I would try to incorporate anyone who was being left out into whatever the group is doing or start up a conversation with them to make then more comfortable. Same goes for individualization, because this would help with bringing a community as well since I would be able to notice how well a group of people are interacting with each other. Decision making, logical thinking and planning are also important to know what works best in a situation for the community. For example, whether it would be better to include someone into a group or talk to them one on one. In addition, planning ahead would be beneficial to organizing events for the community. I believe that knowing my five strength will impact my future self, because even though I might have done these actions relating to my strengths before, I did not realize it was something that is a big part of me. Now that I know this something I do a lot without realizing it, I can utilize my strengths to my advantage for interacting with people, and seeing what is best in a situation for myself as well as