Strengths and Weaknesses

My strengths that could help with being an entrepreneur is a blend of determination, interpersonal skills, and curiosity for trying new things.  I like to think I can get along with anyone that I come across, and that could help in building relationships and networking.  Although I do not enjoy presenting, I have been working on it to where I believe it is a strength of mine now.  I also pride myself on my punctuality, as I believe that showing up on time is important.  The last strength that I’ll mention for this post is optimism.  I believe this helps in maintaining a positive atmosphere when you believe in what you are doing and the success that you can have.


However some weaknesses that I think could be a hindrance would be that I can be very one track minded at times.  I can focus too much on a single task or idea and other tasks can be pushed to the side.  I also have a tendency to be forgetful at times or question smaller details too much with overthinking.  Another one is that I have a bit of a reluctance to speak up, which could limit my ability to advocate for my own ideas.  The last weakness I will mention here is that I have a hard time asking for help.  There are times where I prefer to be able to tackle an issue by myself, and I recognize that it can be detrimental to getting things done before deadlines.  Being able to identify these strengths and weaknesses though, I find that it has helped me in thinking how I would utilize and counter them to be the best version of myself that I could be in running a startup.

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