The Results

So earlier I told you my results of the Strength Finder Assessment. My number one strength was  Deliberative 
One thing that really stood out to me that made me feel like "wow that is me" was that it said "you are a private person... Everything may seem in order, but beneath the surface you sense the many risk" (CliftonStrength, p107).
I don't like opening up to people and when I do I am particular about it. You would have to be a person I really trust to open up.
When it comes to the risk aspect, I feel like I inherit that part from my mom. My mom thinks about all the risks, like allll the risks. I once went on a mission trip to Africa my mom could only tell me about all the extreme risks that can happen on the trip. Wasn't too helpful at the time but it made me more aware of my surrounding while I was out there.

The second strength is Harmony.
This one really surprised me. My initial response was "like a mediator? That's not too much of my character". But in the book it said "When others strike out in a direction, you will willingly, in the service of harmony, modify your own objectives to merge with theirs (as long as their basic values do not clash with yours)" (p. 137).
I don't like confrontation. I don't even like playing sports. I rather surrender and give the other team the trophy so I don't have to deal with the spirit of competition and confrontation. I'm passive when it comes to a lot of things but when it comes to the things that I'm passionate about or my core beliefs that are being challenged that is when I'll stand up.

I was surprise this wasn't my first one but actually my third strength: Belief.
"[Belief] demands that you find work that meshes with your values. Your work must be meaningful; it must matter to you" (CliftonStrength, p. 75).
Again, I'm surprise that this wasn't my #1 but I can attest that the assessment definitely hit it on point with this one. I recently quit my job as a paraeducation at an adult transition program because of the teacher I worked under. She didn't do hardly anything with her students and the way she would treat the other aides wasn't too kind. After a year being there I felt like it was time for me to move on even if I didn't have another job lined up for me. One of my core values is that everyone deserves the basic human right of respecting one another. If things didn't go your way, you should give people major attitude or yell at them.

Fourth, almost done guys, was Consistency.
I like fairness. I believe in fairness. I like when expectations are clear for everyone so everyone knows what is to be expected.

Lastly my strength was that I am a Maximizer.