Click the url link on the right. It is a brief overview of the book I read from the other day, "Soar your strengths" by Donald Clifton. After you read the brief synopsis, think of something in your life now or in the past that is a weakness and also think of your strengths. Share these with the rest of us and tell us how you have learned to manage this weakness and soar with your strength. If it relates to school, tell us if and how a teacher taught you to manage the weakness and/or soar with the strength.
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My weakness is my laziness. I procrastinate when it comes to school work and sometimes do not put my full effort into my assignments. To overcome this I have been writng down in the beginning of the week what I need to accomplish during the week. This has really helped me stay on task and not feel as overwehlemed and I have been putting more effort into my work and my grades this semester are much better than than last semester.
Unfortuately, one of my weaknesses is that I stress too much in general and mostly about academic performance. Not to sound pompous, but I am very intelligent yet I always seem to doubt myself. All of the teachers and professors I have had notice this about me. Up until now, learning has luckily come very easy to me, but now I am a math major taking two of my last three math course and in one of the classes I just don't seem to get it. Since I stress so much about not being able to understand I cannot even focus when the teacher hands out the tests. All I am thinking is I can't do this. I really hope that I can learn to handle my stress because it can hinder academic performance and it is unhealthy. One of my strengths is that if I need an answer, or help I am not afraid to look for it. For the particular class I mentioned above, I have gone every route to try and find help. Unfortunately my situation, being in a 300 level math course, not many people know how to tutor this course. Every time I have a problem, I try and find the best possible soulution and even though I may stress and struggle, I do not give up. I am very persistant. Most of the time being a persistant problem solver can be a good thing, but not always.
In response to what Emily said, it is very easy to be a procrastinator when it comes to getting school work done. I have always been a big fan of waiting until the last minute and it has always worked out to my advantage. It seemed that I worked best under pressure, but then there comes a point in time when there is just too much work and it all seems to be due at the same time and waiting until the last minute is just not an option anymore. I think that emily's way of dealing with her weakness will be very useful and helpful.
I think that my weakness is that I am a perfectionist. I like to do a thorough job on every assignment, and I like to get perfect scores. I find it very difficult to settle for anything less than an A in a class. Because I am such a perfectionist, I sometimes find myself memorizing things that I need to actually understand. I can succeed on a test if I memorize the material, but a week later, I have no clue what I learned. So this lessens the amount of knowledge I am actually gaining through school. Recently, however, I have been trying to learn for understanding. While it is hard for me to let my perfectionism go, I am training myself to focus on understanding and allowing myself to mess up every once in a while. Also, my senior year of high school, I had a math teacher that really believed in the importance of learning over memorizing. He would teach us key concepts, but then he would give us problems that demanded a true understanding of those concepts. So this teacher also helped me in this area.
I also agree with Emily. It is so easy to allow laziness and procrastination to take over. I have been really trying to break up my homework into smaller assignments so that I can accomplish a little at a time, and so far this seems to be helping. It also helps to reserve specific amounts of time for each assignment so that you can have a time goal to work towards.
I agree with emily and maggie. I have the problem where i will put things off then when it is time to finally get work done the night before class i end up trying to make it as good as if i had done the assignment a week before. This leads to very long nights. I do work very hard and that helps a lot because once i get started i can usually get on a roll. Its just im always thinking of more creative ways to do the assignment after i do it. Hard to explain so i hope you can understand where im coming from.
Sometimes when it comes to homework I wait to the last mintute to do it. I use to procrastinate alot. Now I make sure that I write down my assignments in my planner when they are assigned. That way I have it written down and know what I have due. I give myself enough time to get it done so I don't rush the night before. I look at my planner everyday and try to get stuff done early.
I agree with Rachel. Sometimes I stress out too much about school and other things. I also stress out when I don't understand something.
My weakness is I rush to get things done then don't really go over my work like I should. Also I do not study as much as I should. To help with these weaknesses i make sure i take enough time to do my work and study.
Procrastination is my weakness. I put homework and projects off untill the day before they are do. When, I actually got a week or longer to complete the assignment. I have found that writing when things are do up on my white board helps me focus more and get my assignments done.
A strength I have is I'm a perfectionest. When I do my school work, I can't just half way do it. I must do it right or I do it over and over again untill I get it.
My weakness is now doing thing at the time they need to get done. I am not really lasy but is some one ask me to do somthing i'll say i'll do it and I mean it but I wait so long to do it that I for get.I manage my weakness by doing thing right at the time they ask but if i'm really busy with somthing else I have to try really hard to remember to do it LOL.
I agree with Emily beacue I tend to put my homework off to the last minute and I get the grade that I deserve but not the grade i really wanted. So I to map out what I have to do during the week and when its due or when ill do it just not the day be for the assignment is due.
My worse weakness is probably the same as Emily's. I do the same exact thing. I put off almost all of my school work till the last minute.
Another of my weakness is , which is just as bad as the first, is not being orginized. I have tried to use planners and orginizers but I would just to forget to put my assignments in them.
My weakness is similar to emily's becuase my weakness is my procastination. to overcome this i try to do a little bit of everything when i have free time. i usally procastinate on the thing that i dislike the most..like math. I have a planner that tells me when do me doing things but some times i dont look at it. I
My weakness is my inability to say no to people that want my assistance. I am a musician, one that happens to be in great demand as I'm the only music major here that plays tuba and bass trombone. Every semester I get asked and asked to be in seemingly every ensemble this school has, never offered any extra compensation or scholarship money or even offered a new tuba for the school. The one this school owns is 50+ years old and the grand LU absolutely refuses to purchase a new one. Regardless of that, I get stretched so thin every semester that I have very little time to complete all the work I have to do. I've managed to make it so far, and keep a gpa over 3. In order for me to become better about not getting involved in so many ensembles, I've already informed the staff that I'm only doing concert and jazz band this upcoming semester as it is my last, and my senior recital semester. Maybe now I can get stuff done, and not have 5 concerts and 5 dress rehearsals in one week.
Procrastination is a way of life for me ...just look at what time this blog is posted :). But I don't even think that is a weakness for me...I perform best under pressure, otherwise it is hard for me to focus. My weakness is that I tend to take on too much. I try to be all things to all people. (Didn't Oprah do a show about this???) I need to learn to set boundaries because I take on too much then feel resentful. I do think I'm getting better as I get older and more and more tired of being spread too thin. I'm not doing anyone any favors.
my own weakness...where to start! i guess my weakness would be putting things off to the last minute..even though i have gotten better at it. also i would say not thinking about certain problems until they blow up or get to out of hand. i agree with emily bc i have done the same thing and it has paid off, my grades are the best they have been this semester out of the whole time i have attended this school. which is surprising bc i also have to handle work n learn and a job on the side, along with doing observation.
my weaknesses are my tendency to procrastinate and also to be unorganized. I help solve these problems by writing everything i have to do on post its and sticking them above my desk....as i get the things accomplished i take them down and toss them. This tactic has helped me to stay calm and not get anxious when i have a lot of things on my to- do list.
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