my strengths
Since I’ve been back to Chicago I’ve had 5 (yes, count them 5) interviews with Willow Creek Community Church. For those of you who follow the mega-church Evangelical world, Willow has been undergoing some very major changes the last few years. While it isn’t entirely clear what all I may be doing if given a job, it will have something to do with producing creative content.
I move ahead with a certain degree of ambivalence as I have missed acting a great deal. For the next few months I’m going to be focusing on getting M and I on our feet financially and let acting continue to take second chair for the time being.
As I consider venturing back into the job world after having been at grad school for the last two years, I thought I would pull out my “business-y books” for a little inspiration.
Strengths Finder has always been a favorite of mine and Marcus Buckingham’s knock-off, film version makes me want to jump for joy.
Both are incredibly helpful if you are wanting to figure out what your strenths are as well as if you’ve just finished grad school, are getting married and are trying to figure out what to do with your life.
At any rate, I read through Strengths Finder again and got my top 5 strengths. Here they are with a little description:
1. IDEATION - “You are fascinated by ideas. You revel in taking the world we all know and turning it around so we can view it from a strange but strangely enlightening angle.”
2. INPUT- “You are inquisitive. You collect things. The world is exciting precisely because of its infinite variety and complexity. If you read a great deal, it is not necessarily to refine your theories but, rather, to add more information to your archives.”
3. FUTURISTIC - “‘Wouldn’t it be great if …’ You are the kind of person who loves to peer over the horizon. The future fascinates you. As if it were projected on the wall, you see in detail what the future might hold, and this detailed picture keeps pulling you forward, into tomorrow.”
4. ACTIVATOR - “In fact, guided by your Activator theme, you believe that action is the best device for learning. You make a decision, you take action, you look at the result, and you learn”
5. COMMAND - “Command leads you to take charge. Unlike some people, you feel no discomfort with imposing your views on others. On the contrary, once your opinion is formed, you need to share it with others.”
(Image via Frak Frako)
