My Strengths and Weaknesses

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My Three Strengths
Every person has strengths and weaknesses in life and should explore their advantages. Strengths ensure that a person is outstanding from a group and stands a chance of professional favor than others. Thus, everybody should invest in their strengths for their prosperity. It is also essential to address the weaknesses because they might override the strength and cost a person a lifetime opportunity. However, the emphasis should always be on the strengths. Although it might be hard to self-assess my strengths, I believe I am empathetic, goal-oriented, and a multi-tasker.
I have always held on to empathy throughout my lifetime, often understanding people's situations and sharing their feelings. Empathy refers to the ability to understand and share the feelings of other people. Becka Borody, in an article, gives an in-depth example of empathy. He says when a person loses depressed after losing a job and tells his friend of the misfortune, the friend is likely to justify why the person lost a job. The friend is likely to tell the person who lost the job that it was expected since the company was doing poorly financially. That is not empathy. I would give a different reply to such a person by telling them how sorry I am—then promising to help him get a new job because everybody needs a job to pay bills.
According to three renowned psychologists Daniel Goleman and Paul Ekman, empathy encompasses three components; cognitive, emotional, and compassion (Taylor, p 2 & 3). Cognitive is about knowing how the other person feels and what might be going through their minds. It involves putting yourself in the person's shoes and treating them how you wish to be treated in such a situation. The emotional aspect of empathy means that we share their physical pain, and we get affected by what they are going through. For example, when we see a person knock his head on a metallic window edge, we often cringe. Compassionate involves feeling sorry for a person's predicament and moving in to help them (Borody).
Empathy is not a virtue that everyone possesses, and I feel privileged. I never leave a person facing a problem without helping them. Most times, I act in a manner that I wish someone would act towards me if I faced the predicament. I always ensure that I go beyond sympathizing and offer help as little as it might be. This is contrary to most people who would only sympathize with the person but do not invest any efforts to help them out.
Apart from empathy, I am a goal-oriented person. Goal orientation is among the aspects that make a successful career. It means that a person is always focused on achiev...