Sunday, August 16, 2009

Just win

(Part 5 of 5: Strengthsfinder results)
A little about ACHIEVER in general:
People strong in the Achiever theme have a great deal of stamina and work hard. They take great satisfaction from being busy and productive. Your Achiever theme helps explain your drive. Achiever describes a constant need for achievement. You feel as if every day starts at zero. By the end of the day you must achieve something tangible in order to feel good about yourself. And by “every day” you mean every single day—workdays, weekends, vacations. No matter how much you may feel you deserve a day of rest, if the day passes without some form of achievement, no matter how small, you will feel dissatisfied. You have an internal fire burning inside you. It pushes you to do more, to achieve more. After each accomplishment is reached, the fire dwindles for a moment, but very soon it rekindles itself, forcing you toward the next accomplishment. Your relentless need for achievement might not be logical. It might not even be focused. But it will always be with you. As an Achiever you must learn to live with this whisper of discontent. It does have its benefits. It brings you the energy you need to work long hours without burning out. It is the jolt you can always count on to get you started on new tasks, new challenges. It is the power supply that causes you to set the pace and define the levels of productivity for your work group. It is the theme that keeps you moving.

About me specifically:
It’s very likely that you might have strong powers of concentration. When necessary, you might reduce plans, processes, or mechanisms into their fundamental parts. Perhaps your methodical approach frees you to understand how and why certain things do or do not operate properly. Driven by your talents, you habitually bring together all sorts of information so you can refer to it later. At the instant you collect a fact, example, story, or piece of data, typically you are eager to use it. You trust it is valuable. Your fascination with knowledge has probably been part of you even before you formed the words to ask your first question. Instinctively, you sometimes feel good about yourself and life in general when you exhibit the self-discipline to apply all your energy -- mental and physical -- to a particular job, assignment, goal, or obligation. Chances are good that you diligently spend time working to compensate for your real or perceived shortcomings, limitations, or flaws. Self-improvement activities rank quite high on your list of personal or professional goals. Because of your strengths, you set very high expectations for yourself. Typically you push yourself until you reach your goals. You are not content unless you deliver the best performance or produce the most outstanding results.

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