Mohammed Hossain Strengths

Decline opportunities to do mindless work regardless of the compensation and benefits package offered to you.

Refuse to sacrifice your passion for a field because others say it does not require linear, sequential thinking. Prove them wrong.

Examine the use of logic in fields such as history, theater, painting, landscape design, anthropology, auto mechanics, and musical composition.

Choose a job that requires a lot of analysis. Obvious career fields such as accounting, finance, law, engineering, sciences, business management, computer technology, and journalism are worthy of consideration.

Decline opportunities to do mindless work regardless of the compensation and benefits package offered to you.

Consider psychology, as it requires understanding situations and being able to discover or provide effective problem solving.

A career in law may excite you, as it requires the use of logic to build cases and find creative and effective ways to present them.

Choose careers that will allow you to be a leader and voice your ideas.

List the various paths possible in your future so you can give careful thought to each one.

Consider consulting. The question is, who do you want to consult with, and what do you want them to consult you about?

Read the syllabus when you get it, and attack assignments or areas that you consider problematic.

Do not let an unexpectedly low grade defeat your spirits. Learn how to more effectively apply your greatest talents.

Make a list of ways in which you can apply your most powerful talents to improve in each class.

Let others know that you enjoy fixing their problems.

Choose classes led by a professor who wants to fix things.

Take on leadership positions in projects that will allow you to share several ideas and use your creativity.

Take on an independent research project in which you can generate and explore numerous ideas.

Work with a professor in developing a research project, and contribute your creative abilities. You probably will have many ideas to offer.

Surround yourself with friends who are responsive to listening as well as probing you about your ideas.

Involve yourself in a project that allows you to use your creative talents, such as general writing, news magazines, newspapers, journals, graphics, or painting.

Live in the moment. Calm yourself before an exam with positive self-talk. Recall your personal history of dealing with surprises on tests.

Leverage your ability not to feel overwhelmed by multifaceted assignments. Document three to five instances during the day when you successfully juggled competing tasks.

Analyze your study habits. Do you plan and then improvise as circumstances change? Or do you improvise minute by minute rather than plan?

Join organizations that sponsor events that demand flexibility in terms of planning as well as execution. Capitalize on your ability to monitor and adjust.

Recall two or three instances where you successfully redirected the emotional energy of people paralyzed by unexpected news or sudden changes in the group’s plans.