April 18, 2012 Question: Discuss one strength and one weakness you possess. How have you worked to either utilize or improve these traits? Answer: One strength that I possess is my outgoing personality. Everywhere I go I try to be confident in who I am and be a role model for those who aren’t very confident. I am very aware of my flaws yet I choose to embrace them along with my strengths because every characteristic that I poses, good or bad is all apart of what makes me an individual. My stead fast confidence is something that I feel could be utilized greatly as an AD because not only do I want to be there very best person I can be but I want to help others find their own confidence in themselves and that only comes when you find out who you truly are. I always try to find a way to find out who a person really is and challenge them to find this out themselves. In one year, I have grown more mentally and emotionally than I have the previous eighteen years of my life and a lot of that was due to the fact that I had amazing role models who had a very strong sense of their morals, their beliefs and their abilities. They all had qualities that I sought to attain in order to become outspoken because I was sure of my beliefs instead of being outspoken because I felt that if I was loud people would assume that I was already incredibly confident. I want to be that role model and show people that it doesn’t matter who you are or what your good at or bad at, if you embrace the person you are then you will find others that have similar beliefs. Once you discover who you are that is when you are truly happy. One weakness that I posses is that I tend to be a people pleasure most of the time. I realize that not everybody is going to like me and that I am not going to like everybody but I always strive to be liked by everyone no matter how I feel about them. I would consider this a weakness because at times this constant struggle to feel liked can hinder me from seeing things that are more important such as developing the friendships with the people that already like me as well and pursue goals that I set have for myself. With constantly trying to please everyone else I can often lose focus on what is best for me but more importantly best for those could benefit from goals that I intend to reach. Although this characteristic can be considered a flaw I could, in a sense, utilize this flaw as an AD. As humans, we tend to be partial to people more than others and in most cases, this is completely natural and okay but as an AD I would have the duty to make each and every freshman feel valued and respected regardless of my personal preference. Throughout this year I have felt nothing but compassion from all of the ADs and because of that I was able really come out of my shell and feel as if I was an important member of the organization. Although I fully intend to work on this struggle that I feel has been holding me back a long time I now understand how I can use it as a tool to make others feel important and develop relationships with people whom I normally wouldn’t have the chance to meet and hopefully be a genuine role model and make a difference in their lives.
WRITTEN BY LUKE URBANOVSKY
WRITTEN BY LUKE URBANOVSKY