Amanda Vojak:  

t to accomplish in the coming weeks, months, years, or decades. Laying out and finalizing all the steps might spur you into action. It’s very likely that you might want to distribute your time more evenly among the priorities in your life. This is a challenge, however. Why? You tend to express yourself through your work. One part of you is completely devoted to your job or studies. Another part of you demands equal time for family, friends, solitude, or recreation. You typically block out everything but your work when you must give your undivided attention to an assignment, project, experiment, or special event. Instinctively, you may realize you put more thought and effort into your assignments when you are permitted to work or study independently. Because of your strengths, you may recognize you have a bit more stick-toitiveness — that is, dogged determination — than certain people have. This might be apparent to you and others when you are starting or finishing specific kinds of tasks. Harmony People who are especially talented in the Harmony theme look for consensus. They don’t enjoy conflict; rather, they seek areas of agreement. Your Personalized Strengths Insights What makes you stand out? Chances are good that you might be the person who causes specific individuals or groups to stop what they are doing and conduct a reality check. In a matter-of-fact and straightforward way, sometimes you help certain kinds of people consider what is really happening and what is the truth. Rather than leap to conclusions, you try to give equal attention to each idea or suggestion. Perhaps your evenhanded way of dealing with people and their issues produces a climate of mutual understanding or cooperation. By nature, you can sometimes resist jumping on the bandwagon — that is, taking the popular position or joining the popular side. Rather than act on impulse, you might think before speaking. Perhaps this behavior reflects how your objective and practical mind works. You may see certain things the way they actually are. Being a realist, you occasionally pose questions to understand what particular individuals are thinking, seeing, accepting, or endorsing. Maybe you promote peace and cooperation by helping people build on their common ideas and interests. Instinctively, you periodically object when certain people favor a specific person or group. You may be equally upset when they exhibit biases that harm individuals. Perhaps you gather facts to mount a proper defense. Perhaps your presentations are effective because you carefully consider your listeners’ perspectives. Although you try to avoid confrontation, maybe you recognize when it is the only way to reestablish dialogue between individuals. Because of your strengths, you might not want any one thing to consume every minute of your day. For practical purposes, you may choose to handle some personal or professional problems matter-of-factly or deal with information unemotionally. Perhaps you minimize conflict between people by not taking sides. Instead, you try to make certain individuals aware of things as they actually are. Maybe you emphasize what they have in common. Sometimes you manage to move adversaries toward peaceable solutions or general agreements. It’s very likely that you may strive to be a dependable person. Maybe you please people by being reliable. You might enjoy assuming accountability for certain tasks, projects, assignments, or commitments. Perhaps you accept these additional duties without making a fuss. Discipline People who are especially talented in the Discipline theme enjoy routine and structure. Their world is best described by the order they create. Your Personalized Strengths Insights What makes you stand out? Because of your strengths, you sometimes like to work on your own. Being an independent contributor may permit you to keep your work or study area immaculate, orderly, and presentable. Driven by your talents, you may have a reputation for straightening up certain types of things such as your workstation, home, files, tools, storage areas, study notes, or important documents. Perhaps you have a detailed plan or a rotating schedule for cleaning, organizing, and maintaining your physical environment or your personal appearance. It’s very likely that you prefer to have things well-organized. You automatically assess whether the steps of a procedure are reasonably sequenced. You also methodically examine how each piece of the plan fits or does not fit neatly into the overall scheme. Your findings often tell you what changes to make. By nature, you may realize you are careful and thorough if you are performing certain tasks. Once in a while, you pay close attention to specific details. Perhaps doing the little things right matters more to you than it does to some people. Instinctively, you may stay abreast of newsworthy events. Perhaps you have a process in place to monitor issues of personal or professional interest. Periodically you might collect updates from print or broadcast media or through one-on-one conversations with informed individuals. By balancing what you hear, read, or see, you might be able to sort fact from fiction.".