WEBVTT - Know what you're good at

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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<v Speaker 1>tip is to know what you are good at. Being

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<v Speaker 1>able to name strengths and examples of these will boost

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<v Speaker 1>your confidence and might come in handy for reviews or

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<v Speaker 1>if you're job seeking. So I recently heard about a

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<v Speaker 1>job seeker who got an assignment from a career transition

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<v Speaker 1>course to ask several colleagues to identify her greatest professional strengths.

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<v Speaker 1>I know I would enjoy telling someone I liked and

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<v Speaker 1>worked with where they shined, and I imagine this woman's

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<v Speaker 1>colleagues felt the same way. And I imagine she enjoyed

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<v Speaker 1>hearing these good things. When she walked into interviews, she

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<v Speaker 1>would have a ready list of strengths and examples that

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<v Speaker 1>people told her of how she demonstrated them. Most of

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<v Speaker 1>us won't have a good excuse to ask people about

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<v Speaker 1>our strengths so formally, but still people often tell us

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<v Speaker 1>what we are good at. If we listen. By paying

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<v Speaker 1>attention to compliments and not batting them off, we might

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<v Speaker 1>be able to learn about ourselves and present ourselves in

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<v Speaker 1>a positive way in the future. So pay attention, take notes.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe you give an important presentation and a colleague comments

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<v Speaker 1>that you are a great presenter, or that you are

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<v Speaker 1>a natural at connecting with a crowd, or that you

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<v Speaker 1>respond to questions. Well, write that down. Now you've got

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<v Speaker 1>a strength and an example of how you showed that strength.

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<v Speaker 1>Or perhaps after you coordinate a successful Halloween bazaar at

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<v Speaker 1>your kid's school, the principal comments that she knows she

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<v Speaker 1>can count on you to produce a great event. Remember

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<v Speaker 1>that event production is a useful skill, and a quote

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<v Speaker 1>from management about it being successful is an example you

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<v Speaker 1>can cite to anyone asking about this. Your boss might

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<v Speaker 1>mention that she assigned you to lead a particular organizational

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<v Speaker 1>change project because of your strength and gathering stakeholder feedback

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<v Speaker 1>she just identified as strength, and when the project goes well,

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<v Speaker 1>you can cite it as an example of how you

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<v Speaker 1>excel at this. When people tell you what you are

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<v Speaker 1>good at, listen, don't explain it away, really hear it.

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<v Speaker 1>You can thank people politely and then make sure you

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<v Speaker 1>capture it in some way, such as in a note

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<v Speaker 1>file or even in a journal or an email to yourself.

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<v Speaker 1>These strengths will really be helpful for anyone crafting a

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<v Speaker 1>personal reflective part of an annual performance review. Whatever you

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<v Speaker 1>are presenting to your manager will definitely be aided by

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<v Speaker 1>having the ability to quote her positive feedback back to

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<v Speaker 1>her or the feedback from other people she respects. And

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<v Speaker 1>if you are job hunting, I know many of us

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<v Speaker 1>have been tripped up in the moment when asked about

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<v Speaker 1>our greatest strengths. But if you have seen the skills

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<v Speaker 1>required in the job posting and you are asked this

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<v Speaker 1>question and you have been making a list of strengths,

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<v Speaker 1>you can mention the strength that most closely matches the

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<v Speaker 1>job description and then you can give an example from

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<v Speaker 1>when you got this feedback. This will definitely help you

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<v Speaker 1>stand out and could be just the thing to help

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<v Speaker 1>you land this opportunity In the mean time, time, this

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<v Speaker 1>is Laura, Thanks for listening and here's to making the

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<v Speaker 1>most of our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast.

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<v Speaker 1>If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach

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<v Speaker 1>me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. Before Breakfast

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