Kevin Godoy Strengths

Individualization

Build on your curiosity about people by observing the different ways in which people learn and process information.

Establish a study group with people who possess a wide variety of talents and perspectives, thereby expanding your own horizons and viewpoints.

See the great talents in people, and encourage people to follow their own dreams. Help them understand and maximize the power of their talents.

Enroll in classes about people, such as literature, sociology, and psychology.

Be a mentor. You will pinpoint people’s unique qualities and encourage them to follow their own paths.

Restorative

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

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.

Select classes that emphasize case solutions.

Raise money for the disadvantaged.

Focus

Use your focus to link class-related assignments to the knowledge and self-management skills you’ll need to be successful in your future career.

Before studying, list everything you’ll attempt to learn during that time period.

Talk to two or three experienced people you admire. Determine some specific strengths they possess, and ask them about their greatest talents and the knowledge and skills they acquired through the years to create these strengths.

Look for an internship in an area related to your career goals.

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Discipline

Take on a career in which you can maintain order for yourself and others.

Take on a career in which you can maintain order for yourself and others.

Find jobs that require exactness.

You will be appreciated in most work settings because you follow through and you work systematically.

You can do a lot to help others become organized. This makes them become more effective and improves their follow through.

Context

Consider a career as a teacher, archivist, museum curator, documentary filmmaker, journalist, or fiction writer. Or, consider archeology, anthropology, reclamation of sunken ships, or reconstruction of historic sites. Concentrate on a particular period or figure in history.

Specialize in genealogy. Help people trace their family’s lineage for purposes of membership in an organization or to prove their relationship for historic or legal purposes.

Join the National Park Service and specialize in giving guided tours of historic sites. Oversee the ongoing maintenance of the property and its collection of artifacts and documents.

Examine opportunities as an appraiser of antique furniture, toys, clothing, jewelry, paintings, first edition books, or original manuscripts.

Study how individuals become partners in auction houses.