Celebrate your strengths and become victorious in GRE!

My students frequently tell me that how much ever they work hard they are unable to score better in the exams. They feel depressed that their skill set is inferior to others. They take it for granted that they are just average performers. These negative thoughts creep in owing to a thorough underestimation of strengths God bestowed on us. Let us in this blog, analyze what strengths are how to identify them in your ‘being’.

Let us now ask some fundamental questions to ourselves:

u    Why do you think you have fewer strengths worth celebrating?

• Because everyone has always pointed out your shortcomings – as you do yourself.
• Because you rarely get any positive feedback for a job well done
• Because the things you do well are so familiar to you that you take them for granted.
• Because you have learned to focus only on your mistakes

All these things have definitely pulled down your confidence levels. You might have felt utterly depressed about these things. But let me tell you, you are not bad at all. It’s only that you never considered the strengths you own. But unfortunately all these strengths lie within you dormant because you never took an account of them. Never considered them seriously. You need to evaluate your strengths and perhaps seek some guidance too from a good friend of yours. In s

Audit of strengths:

When have you last done a full audit or stocktaking of your strengths? This is not as easy as it seems because you will have discounted your strengths. It is a task indeed. Because you have started underestimating your strengths, and have grown lazy with all the life processes. You have become a dormant survivor. Try doing these things.

• Find a good listener to help you review everything you have done.
• Others may be more objective about what you can do than you can be.
• Discuss work and non-work projects you have been involved in over the last 2 years.
• Strive to avoid discounting the other person’s attempts to name your strengths

You will now certainly feel your strengths. Once you know them try to focus on them more and more to improve the quality of your life. And to see your score catapult in any exam that you take.

How can you appropriately celebrate your strengths?

• Make a list of your strengths and read it to yourself regularly, adding to it often.
• Praise yourself for what you have achieved. ( Never mind if others do not praise you)
• Compare yourself favorably with peers who have not done what you have done.
• Review your strengths whenever you are feeling defeated.

How does this exercise help your self esteem or confidence? Have you uncovered some strengths you had overlooked? Are you getting better at stressing the positive? If so please do share your experience with us. And please do share the techniques you adopt to identify your strengths. We are waiting anxiously for your response.

Wishing you success!!

Regards,

Anu Veluri

Manager- learnwordlist.com

7 Responses to “Celebrate your strengths and become victorious in GRE!”

1. Chika on April 10th, 2010 3:56 pm

   Tanx and may God bles u. U hav rejuvenated me alot!

2. mitra on April 26th, 2010 11:35 am

   i’m good at listening and always I learn more when hear the words…Do the GRE lessens have voice files too?…if yes, I like to use the voice files too which should contains of examples…thank you Mitra

3. shipra on April 28th, 2010 5:00 am

   hii mitra

   Thanks for taking interest in our site.but i m feeling sorry to inform you mitra,right now we dont hav any facility for voice files.
   but i like to know what type of voice utility you want so may be i can help you in future.
   shipra

4. shipra on April 29th, 2010 4:13 am

   hiii

   Thanks

   shipra

5. shipra on May 1st, 2010 11:14 am

   hii chika

   Thanks

6. shashi on July 25th, 2010 7:27 pm

   its really a great work that u r doing bcoz you r providing source of information for GRE aspirants, i really appriciate that.

7. shipra on July 26th, 2010 4:31 am

   Thanks shashi.We are blissful to hear that you like our initiative .Keep visiting us in future as well…..

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