From the course: Strategies to Improve Self-Awareness

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Your personal wiring

Your personal wiring

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Your personal wiring

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- Early in my career, I felt lost and rudderless. I was approaching my work with no direction in regards to my skillset. I wasn't even aware why I was approaching my work the way that I was. This led to a lot of early mistakes. When my supervisor would ask the team who wanted to take on a project, I would immediately jump at the opportunity so that I could make an impression and start climbing the ladder toward my goal of becoming a vice president. I would take on the project, and, well, it would not be very successful. I was eager, but I wasn't playing to my strengths. Luckily, my supervisor recognized this and I was introduced to the Clifton StrengthsFinder Assessment and the Myers Briggs Type Indicator. After taking the assessments, I realized that the projects and tasks that I had been taking on were not aligned with my strengths and who I was as a person. I was not wired to do the things I was trying to do.…

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