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Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeart Radio.
Good morning.
This is Laura.
Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.
Today's tip is to know what you are good at.
Being able to name strengths and examples of these will boost your confidence and might come in handy for reviews or if you're job seeking.
So I recently heard about a job seeker who got an assignment from a career transition course to ask several colleagues to identify her greatest professional strengths.
I know I would enjoy telling someone I liked and worked with where they shined, and I imagine this woman's colleagues felt the same way.
And I imagine she enjoyed hearing these good things.
When she walked into interviews she would have a ready list of strengths and examples that people told her of how she demonstrated them.
Most of us won't have a good excuse to ask people about our strengths so formally.
But still, people often tell us what we are good at if we listen.
By paying attention to compliments and not batting them off, we might be able to learn about ourselves and present ourselves in a positive way in the future.
So pay attention, take notes.
Maybe you give an important presentation and a colleague comments that you are a great presenter or that you are a natural at connecting with a crowd, or that you respond to questions well.
Write that down.
Now you've got a strength and an example of how you showed that strength.
Or perhaps after you coordinate a successful Halloween bazaar at your kid's school, the principal comments that she knows she can count on you to produce a great event.
Remember that.
Event production is a useful skill.
And a quote from management about it being successful is an example you can cite to anyone asking about this.
Your boss might mention that she assigned you to lead a particular organizational change project because of your strength in gathering stakeholder feedback.
She just identified a strength.
And when the project goes well, you can cite it as an example of how you excel at this.
When people tell you what you are good at, listen.
Don't explain it away.
Really hear it.
You can thank people politely and then make sure you capture it in some way, such as in a notes file or even in a journal or an email to yourself.
These strengths will really be helpful for anyone crafting a personal reflective part of an annual performance review.
Whatever you are presenting to your manager will definitely be aided by having the ability to quote her positive feedback back to her, or the feedback from other people she respects.
And if you are job hunting.
I know many of us have been tripped up in the moment when asked about our greatest strengths.
But if you have seen the skills required in the job posting and you are asked this question and you have been making a list of strengths, you can mention the strength that most closely matches the job description.
And then you can give an example from when you got this feedback.
This will definitely help you stand out and could be just the thing to help you land this opportunity.
In the meantime, this is Laura.
Thanks for listening.
And here's to making the most of our time.
Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast.
If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach me at Laura at LauraVanderkam.com.
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