Identifying Your Passions, Strengths and Values

Try to complete the following statements. Do not worry if you are not sure of the answers. More ideas may come to you in time and as you finish your Quest Journal


Passions
My heart pounds with excitement when...
I feel especially good about myself when...

I get a lump in my throat when...

I lose track of time whenever I am...

If I could be any person in history , I would be...

When I dream about the future I see myself...

If I could change one thing it would be...



Strengths
Mark as many of the following words with which you identify yourself.

forthright
adventurous
forceful
sharp
decisive
risk taker
demanding
authoritative
direct
curious
competitive
self-sufficient enthusiastic
expressive
influencing
emotional
inventive
spontaneous
trusting
outgoing
unselfish
self-assured
charming
inspiring steady
amible
predictable
supportive
loyal
methodical
team player
calm
thorough
dependable
self-composed
possessive analytical
controlling
perfectionist
systematic
conventional
respectful
meticulous
well-disciplined
diplomatic
precise
sensitive
accurate




Values
Before you can achieve any goals in life you have to know how to set them. Before you can set your goals you need to decide what is important to you, what your values are. There are no right or wrong values, They can be anything that you consider important or maybe something that you couldn't imagine living without. Just make sure that the values you choose to define yourself are truly your own values and not someone else's. Look at the following categories try to decide what is the most important to you now, and what maybe the most important value in your future.


Family
Family can mean many things. It can be people that you are related to or just a group of people that you are close to. If family is a very important value to you, you might want to consider a career that lets you stay close to home with consistant hours that will let you keep the commitment to your family and close friends Adventure
Adventure may take you many places and put you on an irregular, spontaneous schedule. It is possible to enjoy family life and adventure by weighing your priorities. Remember you can have a little of everything in moderation.


Knowledge
If you value knowledge you should structure a lifestyle where you are constantly learning. You can chose a job where you do research. Remember that "living is learning"--you just have to keep an open mind. Power
It's hard to find an entry-level job with a lot of power. If power is an important value you should always keep that in mind and keep your sights high. You should take a lot of leadership roles that will help you gain the skills necessary to be in charge.

Moral Judgment and Personal Consistency
If this value is important it means that you are proud of yourself and your values, no matter how they look in sombody else's eyes. You should choose a career and life that you feel is worthwhile. Money
If money is your top priority you should be prepared to spend long hours at work. you should remember to look at the salary that a job offers before accepting the position, It may be hard to make money right away but if you keep your sights high then everything will come in time.

Recognition
If recognition is what you want, you first have to choose what you want to be recognized for. Remember to choose something that you have a talent in. If you don't seek world wide recognition then you may try to assert yourself in a small community. Aesthetics
If you love to be surrounded by beauty. Open your eyes to the beauty all arround you. You may also want to take a job that would take you into more pleasures for the eyes.

Defining Success

What does success mean to you? What would you have to be doing to feel that you are a sucessful person? Everybody has their own opinons, here are some listed below. Indicate whether you strongly agree, agree, are not sure, disagree, or strongly disagree with each of the following opinions.

Money, achievement, fame and success are important, but they are bought too dearly when aquired at the cost of health
-Anonymous

It's great to be great, but it's better to be human.
-Will Rogers

Nothing succeeds like excess.
-Oscar Wilde

Success is a journey, not a destination.
-Ben Sweetland

The fastest way to succeed is to look as if your playing by other people's rules, while quietly playing by your own.
-Michael Korda

She could not separate success from peace of mind--the two must go together...
-Daphne Du Maurier, Mary Anne

All of us are born with a reason, but all of us don't discover why. Success in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or accomplish for yourself. It's what you do for others.
-Danny Thomas

I've never sought success in order to get fame and money: it's the talent and the passion that count in success.
-Ingrid Bergman

The two leading formulas for success are building a better mousetrap and finding a bigger loophole.
-Edgar A. Shoaff

Success is something to enjoy to flaunt! Otherwise why work so hard to get it?
-Isobel Lennart, Funny Girl

Success is knowing what your values are and living in a way that is consistant with your values.
-Danny Cox

Success can only be measured in the terms of distance traveled...
-Mavis Gallant

If at first you don't succeed, you are running about average.
-Jean Kerr

Success can make you one of two ways. it can make you a prima donna, or it can smooth out the edges, take away the insecurities, let the nice things come out.
-Barbara Walters

Six essential qualities that are key to success: sincerity, personal integrity, humility, courtesy, wisdom, charity.
-Dr. William Menninger

The people who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and succeed.
-Lloyd Jones

The wealthy man is the man who is much, not the one who has much.
-Karl Marx

Winning isn't everything--it's the only thing.
-Vince Lombardi

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
-Robert F. Kennedy

If at first you can't succeed try, try again. Then give up--there's no use being a fool about it.
-W.C Fields

I'm opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer me the position.
-Mark Twain





Write up your own definition of success:
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myths and symbols than by logic and reasons

Myths are stories being passed through generations; Humans required a cause to motivate them, Myths provide that cause, and symbols provide a sense of belonging. A myth is something that born from truth, but not necessarily 100% true. For example, Ancient Chinese couldn’t explain the solar eclipses, so their myth was that dragon was eating the sun, this is not the best example of how myths motivate people more than logic and reason, and instead it simply explains hot myths get originated.

People are definitely get motivated by myths and symbols, it’s faith that keeps them to believe, Symbols give them direction in order to come to understanding of particular aspect, Similarly, Myths to had significant impact on our daily life, we can't simply rule out myths, because, myths are something that are existed from the ages, and people are believing it, I knew it might look strange to us at this point of era, but ultimately when we look depth of the subject, It is some or the other way connects to the myths and symbols, today we can create a logic from various facts, such facts are variously connected to myths.

Myths alone doesn't help us to come to conclusion in this complex world, day by day new technology is coming in, and when we relate the myths with the modern facts, things seems completely different, so we always has to go with logic and reasons. This logic should come from myths and symbols, so in my view, i don't say they are different. Overall, one has to be aware of myths, and also logic and reasons, when a person reach the that understanding, It will become very easy to confront the problem of daily life in different stand points.

the best managers are those who trust their employees to work on their own

The conventional definition of the management is getting work done through the people, but real management is developing the people through the work, So best managers always believe in giving an opportunity to employees to utilize their strengths to do the given work, When the best managers give the freedom to the employees to do their work without any close monitoring, employee can come out very creative work and achieve better results than expected.

On the other hand, without close monitoring, there are people, who won’t like to work, they always want someone to watch them in order to do the task, Such cases manager always have to put restrictions in order to make them productive, but here, there are ways to tackle things very creatively, only best managers know this art of tackling people through emotional intelligence. The best manager defines, what the great work place is, and he also acknowledges the fellow team mates, how to reach the highest levels of productivity and get organization profitable and customer satisfaction.

Overall, your attitude has lot to do with your success, so the best managers never mostly bothered about close monitoring, rather, He concentrate on Talent, right outcomes, and the employee strengths and best managers always know that they can’t fix people, everyone has weakness, but they also have strengths, so they focus on capitalizing on those strengths by making sure their employees have the opportunity to use them.