My Greatest Strength and Weakness
Everyone’s character is made up of certain personal strengths and weaknesses. Recognizing
one’s strong and weak points is important as the understanding of it can determine our future. As
some stars shine brighter than others, among our strengths there are some things that shines out in
our life than others. Those are ones that we consider as our greatest strengths. Equally there are
untouched treasures hidden in dark corners of our lives, waiting to be found; our weaknesses.
Naturally I have strengths and I must admit I have many weaknesses as well.
As I keep on trying and experimenting new things every day, things keep on adding to my list
of strengths and weaknesses. So every day I learn a little bit more about me. Choosing one of our
greatest abilities and disabilities is hard as there are so many I have recognized. But personally, I find
it easier to spot my weaknesses than strengths. So far the weakness that has bothered and made my
life harder is the lack of intrapersonal skills. I don’t have many important things in that field. As for
my greatest strength, it’s my interpersonal skills. And all those abilities have helped me very often so
far.
One of my greatest weaknesses is that I lack intrapersonal skills. It’s quite important to be
able to look at ourselves and figure out our feelings and goals; or in the other words to understand
ourselves properly. If we lack that quality we can face a lot of problems in life, which I have been
facing during these couple of years. Once we lack intrapersonal skills, it also affects more important
things like self-confidence. And once we lack self-confidence, we tend to depend more and more on
others than be independent. Everything in life is connected and once we lack something it goes on
like a chain and affects so many more things which we can’t even predict. My lack of intrapersonal
skills has harmed my life so much. Every time I get exposed to a new environment, I have a hard
time adjusting because I am not confident enough to go and start a conversation with a stranger, no
matter how much I like making new friends and hanging out with them. That’s the reason I take
about a year to totally get use to a new place and by that I missed a great deal of fun doing different
things with different people. I’ve million times suffered after choosing something that suites me the
least as I couldn’t understand and judge myself well. So that’s my weakness, lacking intrapersonal
skills (misjudging myself, lack of self-confidence, failing to be independent, etc.)
My greatest strength is my interpersonal skills as I am very social around people when I get
to know them well enough. I guess in my life that’s the star that shines the brightest. [You might as
well notice that I live a weird life not understanding myself but understanding others.] People who
have interpersonal intelligence are usually good at interacting with people. Being good with people
in social interactions mean that they are empathetic, kind and understanding. These qualities
naturally lead to trust and that leads to leadership. These skills are very useful in life and it has been
useful in my life so far. I have always loved teaching others and helping them out, one of the main
ways I make friends. I always tend to do things so it is less harmful to others as I am very sensitive to
other’s moods. Probably because of these qualities I was elected several times as the leader of small
groups and eventually the class. Being a leader has helped me be responsible, caring and reasonable.
Having the ability of interpersonal skills have helped me so much so far and therefore I think it is the
greatest strength I have got.
Strengths and weaknesses, they both help shape our lives as it helps define who we are and
our individuality. While strengths show the path we could take, weaknesses show the things that are
to be improved in our lives. And I have great interpersonal skills, which I am thankful for and am
considering as my greatest strengths. I lack intrapersonal skills, which I consider most important and
as one of my greatest weaknesses. Anyways, personal strengths and weaknesses are life learning
experiences and are equally important as after all, a person’s character is made up of strengths and
weakness.
Chamodi Basnayake (Chamo)
*lack
(l k)
n.
1. The state of being without or not having enough of something
-In this essay, by lack I mean not having enough.