So I took the strengths finder course last night. Has anyone else taken it? It was really interesting and pretty quick as well. Through answering a series of questions, approximately 75 in total, the system generates 5 strengths that you have and should be using to maximize your life. This includes everything from personal relationships, career, and the way you view yourself and others around you. So none of mine were shocking, the first 2 were Ideation and Activator...translation: I come up with a lot of ideas and feel this impetuous urge to always start them immediately. However, this also means that I have a short attention span, get bored easily, and need motivation to work through everything I do. No shock there.
Although I am a creature of habit, and could essentially eat the same food everyday, I crave constant change. Change in scenery, location, relationships, and most relative in this case, change in companies and positions. It's official, I am looking for a new job. After listening to a career coach discuss why we have the jobs we do, I felt enlightened. Typically we are taking jobs due to the "why" factor. Why does this job sound great, and this definitely applies to my job. What makes even more sense is why we leave positions, due to the "what" factor. What do I actually spend my days doing. In my case it is teaching people how to do things that seems obvious in my case. A definite hazard in any job is to become complacent, but this is getting ridiculous.
Todays Stats
Diet Coke = 4 (and it's only 2pm)
E-mail log ons = about a million
Curses (the F word in partcular) = 47
Number of times I thought of quitting= 2 (before I acknowledged that I cannot afford it)
So far a really productive day!
Saturday, August 16, 2008
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