All About Me (Part 5)

Strengths the Strengthen Me

I'm going to wrap this series up this week - today with my strengths and then I'm going to (at someones request that I thought would be cool) do some posts about my family and the impact they've had on me. Next week - you guys voted on Cleaner and Closer - I'm pumped about that!

So I went over my weaknesses last week - here are some of (what I believe) are my strengths. I would definitely recommend asking people around you about your strengths and weaknesses - I think sometimes we think we're good at things that we're really not, and vice versa. So here is my list:

1. An Encourager - I am constantly trying to encourage everyone around me - I love lifting people up
2. Optimistic - I always try to see the best in everybody and every situation
3. Leadership - I think I have a lot of natural leadership abilities, however, natural abilities will only take me so far unless I develop them - this is a process.
   
4. Hunger for Growth - I am compulsive when it comes to learning - I'm constantly reading books, listening to sermons, asking people questions, etc.
   
5. Communication - I'm a good communicator
6. Planning/Organization - I actually really enjoy this stuff - kind of weird haha
7. Connecting with People - I usually tend to get along with almost anyone pretty easily
8. Networking - I'm pretty big on this . . . always trying to find people that can mentor me and pour into my life
9. My Natural Good Looks - I'm hot lunch haha
10. Faithfulness - I've tried to make it a point in my life to be faithful with everything God's blessed me with
11. Servant - I always try to go out of my way to serve others
    

I think if I had to nail down some of the things God's gifted me with - those would be it. . . Any thoughts from those who know me? Is that accurate? Totally off? haha ... let me know.

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All About Me (Part 4)

Weaknesses that Weaken me

We all have weaknesses don't we? John Maxwell encourages leaders to share their weaknesses with their followers/colleagues. Usually they say, "But, John if they know my weaknesses they won't think I'm the leader I am." In which John replies, "They already know your weaknesses - they're just happy you've finally figured them out!"

As I said, I'm a student of myself and I'm always looking for ways to improve. I usually find out my weaknesses by asking other people. In fact, I just learned another one from someone last night! I think sometimes we think we're good at everything don't we? However, I believe we need a strong dose of reality from people who love and care about us enough to tell us the truth about our strengths and weaknesses.

So here we go:

1. Insecurity - I think we're all insecure to some extent - this has been a tough one to overcome, but I'm doing it!
   
2. Gossiping - I've grown a lot in this area - I used to tell everyone everything!
   
3. Over Committing -Not being able to say No (I don't mean to drugs and things like that haha) I've been working hard at saying no to things in the past year
4. Lack of Rest - I love sleep - but I feel like I'm missing out on something in life if I sleep over 5-6 hours . . .
   
5. Delegation/Empowering Others- this is one of my greatest leadership weaknesses...I always feel that by delegating and empowering others that I'm bothering them ....thank God I have leaders around me who are lifting my lid in this area!
   
6. Taking time for myself - I hate being by myself! I love being around people! However, I'm realizing the importance of having "Bubba time" and that if I don't schedule it on purpose - it won't happen.
   
7. Unnecessary Jokes - Definitely forget to filter things sometimes....
   
8. People Pleaser - I want to make everybody happy...to battle this I constantly have to ask myself if I want to be a leader or a clown.
   
9. Control Freak - Didn't realize this until this year . . . I'm trying to let go!
   
10. Listening - I've recognized that I'm not the greatest listener when I'm talking to people...I'm trying so hard to break this!
    
11. Impatient - I don't like to wait for things...at all!
    
12. Getting Back to People - I'm not the greatest at calling people back . . .
    
13. Lack of Focus - There are always 10,000,000 things running through my mind at one time so it's easy for me to try to work on 10 projects at once instead of focusing on one!
    
14. Procrastination - I think we all procrastinate on things we're not passionate about... for me... it's school work! haha
15. Confrontation - this is another leadership weakness - because I'm so optimistic and love people so much - it's hard for me to have "hard" conversations with people. This is an area that I must grow in!!!
    

Now if you know me and you just read these and you'd say - Bubba! You have like 500 more weaknesses you forgot about... don't leave them all in my comment section! However, I would love your input... so come talk to me about them!

What are some of your weaknesses? Are you willing to admit them and surround yourself with people to help you overcome them?

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All About Me (Part 1)

"I'm following everything I'll ever need, Finally Giving up Being Everything, I'm falling for you for eternity, right here at Your feet, where I want to be, I am Yours. "

-David Crowder Band (Foreverandever Etc...)

So you guys voted for me to blog "all about me" this week. While I want this to be a fun blog series, I also want it to be one that encourages you to become a student of yourself.

I put the lyrics above up for a purpose. While I have by no means "arrived", I do believe I am in a place in my life where I am finally giving up being everything. I mean -think about it...don't we spend most of our lives trying to be someone we're not? Trying to be the people we envy, trying to fit into groups we don't fit into at all, etc.. We try to be everything to everyone and we end up cheating ourselves out of who God created us to be.I think I'm finally in a place where I'm becoming confident who God called me and created me to be and it is a wonderful place to be in.
So over this series I am going to cover things I've discovered about me: My strengths (at least what I think they are haha), my weaknesses, insecurities, pet peeves, things I love, etc.. It should be a lot of fun.

Today I just want to leave you with some quotes that I hope will encourage you to become a student of YOU! Who God called YOU to be! He has a specific call for You! You're not supposed to be like the person you constantly compare yourself to! It's a very liberating thing when you can finally give up being everything, and become the person God created you to be! Here you go:

• " The first and best victory is to conquer self."
  

• "You can never conquer the mountain. You can only conquer yourself."

• "God will help you become all you can be, but He will never help you be successful at being someone else."
  

• "Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing themselves

• "The worst loneliness is to not be comfortable with yourself."

At the end of the series - I'll provide you with some resources on how you can learn about yourself. If throughout the series you have any questions or want to know anything else about me - just ask! Love you guys!

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