Mary Kay's Strengths - what do you think?

Do you see me in these top Strengths?  To take the test, go to www.strengthsfinder.com

1. Empathy -  can sense the feelings of other people by imagining themselves in others' lives or others' situations.
2. Adaptability - prefer to 'go with the flow,' they tend to be 'now' people who take things as they come and discover the future one day at a time.
3. Positivity - have an enthusiasm that is contagious, are upbeat, and can get others excited about what they are going to do.
4. Woo - love the challenge of meeting new people and winning them over, they derive satisfaction from breaking the ice and making a connection with another person.
5. Includer - accepting of others, show awareness of those who feel left out,  and make an effort to include them.
6. Connectedness - have faith in the links between all things, believe there are few coincidences and that almost every event has a reason.
7. Developer - recognize and cultivate the potential in others, spot the signs of each small improvement and derive satisfaction from these improvements.

When you take the assessment, the results usually consist of your top five strengths. Several of us at the School of Leadership Studies were trained by the Strengths folks so we were able to get the list in order from strongest preference to weakest preference of all 34 strengths. This work evolved from the positive psychology field in the last 30+ years to offset the deficit model of 'what's wrong with me' to a positive model of  'what's right with me.'  No one strength or combinations of strengths is better or worse than any on the list.  By the way, those that made the 30-34 on the list:

30. Strategic - create alternate ways to proceed and quickly spot the relevant patterns and issues.
31.Discipline - enjoy routine, structure and order
32. Analytical - search for reasons and causes, and have the ability to thank about all factors that might affect a situation
33. Focus - can take direction, follow through, and make corrections necessary to stay on track.
34. Achiever - have a great deal of stamina and hard work, they take great satisfaction from being busy and productive.

One of the reasons that Strengths doesn't give out the ranking of all 34 traits is that many of us focus on the bottom ones (deficit model or whats wrong with me) rather than using our strengths to our advantage (positive or whats right with me.)