Future Strengths

I've blogged about my strengths before, but lately my thoughts have revolved around my future and so I've been thinking about my strengths a lot. Ok, fine- whether I think about my future or not, I'm often thinking of my strengths and how to use them differently, or more efficiently. God's been doing a lot of stuff in my heart/mind and I'm not real sure how that will play out in the coming months/years. At this point, I'm just grateful for where I am.

These thoughts have partially included the field HR and why I love it so much. I enjoy talking about and thinking about my personality and how I can hone my strengths to make me even better at what I am good at. Below are my top five thought patterns:

People strong in the Individualization theme are intrigued with the unique qualities of each person. They have a gift for figuring out how people who are different can work together productively.

People strong in the Input theme have a craving to know more. Often they like to collect and archive all kinds of information.

People strong in the Significance theme want to be very important in the eyes of others. They are independent and want to be recognized.

People strong in the Analytical theme search for reasons and causes. They have the ability to think about all the factors that might affect a situation.

People strong in the Strategic theme create alternative ways to proceed. Faced with any given scenario, they can quickly spot the relevant patterns and issues.

A few thoughts on these patterns:
I'm surprised Connectedness didn't make it into the top 5 (having faith that there are links between all things/events). Maybe it was in the #6 spot. At first I was surprised that Achiever (great deal of stamina and work hard; taking great satisfaction from being busy and productive) was not in my top 5, but I'm kind of glad it's not!

Also, the Arranger theme can organize with a complementing component of flexibility; they like to figure out how all of the pieces and resources can be arranged for maximum productivity. This pattern combined with Individualization would be key for HR.

People to pair up with: Activators. Hard core. I stink at finishing things.