According to the Clifton Strengths finder assessment, my five greatest strengths are includer, consistency, input, connectedness, and restorative. I took this assessment twice and my strengths were the same.
Input
According to Strengthsbase (2015), “Input comes from the strategic thinking domain, which describes how we absorb and analyze information and situations in an effort to make better decisions.” People with the input strength put away past information and retrieve it when needed. There are positives of having this strength such as well-informed, mind for facts, outstanding talker, and collects exciting things. As with all positive things, there are negatives such as messy house and mind, packrat, and sometimes boring. …show more content…
Often people with connectedness feel a personal accountability to the connections they make often they become attached and find it hard to disconnect. I find that I have a hard time with becoming too attached to the children I work with, I often feel sad when they leave mainly because I may never know what is happening to them. Having the connectedness strength, I believe that everyone affects and encourages each other. I am often attentive and compassionate of things that may bring harm to anyone else. The only negative of this strength I can see is the trait of not getting rid of anything such as receipts, movie tickets, or greeting cards because they have meaning and memories attached to each of these items. As I can see this goes hand in hand with the input strength when it comes to being a packrat. I keep all of the above items because I never want to forget about the fun times or who gave me the …show more content…
It is important to have balance in their lives because they do not want balances tilted too far in one person’s favor and this can lead to greediness and selfishness. I can honestly say that I can relate to this strength the most. I hate when people give special treatment to some while others do not. I see this a lot at my job, I find it offensive, and it often leads to me saying something without thinking. When working with the kids I feel they need to have consistency where the rules are clear and when others do whatever they want the kids suffer. Being consistent is something I strive to do every day, we all have values and consistency is one that I am proud to say is at the top of my list. Using this strength as a social worker, I will be a leader in helping disadvantaged people show their true potential. I will advocate for those who are not receiving fair treatment.