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120 Examples of Personal Strengths

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Personal strengths are positive personality traits, knowledge and abilities. It is common for people to brainstorm strengths as part of a personal swot analysis. It is also common for interview questions and school activities to ask individuals to state their strengths. In this case, a follow-up question is likely such that you should select a strength that you can explain with specific examples. The following are common types of personal strengths.
Adaptable
Agile
Analysis
Articulate
Artistic
Authentic
Bias for Action
Big Picture Thinker
Brave
Building Rapport
Business Acumen
Calm
Candid
Capable
Challenging Assumptions
Cheerful
Closing Sales
Coding
Communication
Competitive
Confident
Constructive
Cooperative
Courteous
Creative
Critical Thinking
Customer Service
Debate
Decision Making
Dependable
Design
Design Thinking
Detail Oriented
Diligence
Direct
Discipline
Emotional Intelligence
Energetic
Experienced
Fit
Flexibility
Friendly
Generous
Goal Oriented
Grit & Determination
Grounded
Handling Criticism
Healthy
Honest
Humble
Independence
Industry Connections
Influencing
Inspired
Intelligent
Interpersonal Skills
Inventive
Kind
Knowledgeable
Languages
Leadership
Listening
Lively
Logical
Loyal
Management
Managing Risk
Mathematical
Motivated
Negotiation
Networking
Observant
Optimistic
Organized
Original
Outgoing
Passionate
People Person
Persistent
Personal Presence
Personal Resilience
Planning
Playful
Positive
Practical
Pragmatic
Principled
Problem Solving
Productive
Public Speaking
Rational
Realistic
Reasonable
Relationship Building
Reliable
Research
Resourceful
Selective Attention
Self Direction
Self Starter
Sense of Direction
Sense of Purpose
Stable
Storytelling
Strategic Thinking
Sustained Attention
Systems Thinking
Taking Calculated Risks
Technical Skills
Time Management
Tireless
Tolerance for Disagreement
Trustworthy
Unassuming
Unbiased
Vigilant
Visual Thinking
Vocal
Warm
Win-win Thinking
Selective attention is the ability to focus in a distracting environment.

Cognitive Strengths

Cognitive strengths are abilities and talents related to different modes of thinking such as creativity or logic. This can include your experience and knowledge in different areas as well as your capacity to learn new things and deal with novel situations.

Social Strengths

Characteristics and talents that allow you to get along with people, influence them and build positive and productive relationships.

Character Strengths

Core strengths that relate to your personality, capacities and virtues.

What is the most important type of personal strength?



Reliable
93 votes
Compassionate
75 votes
Grit & Determination
22 votes
Sense of Purpose
16 votes
Honest
15 votes
Friendly
6 votes
Calm
6 votes
Positive
1 votes
Loyal
0 votes
Courteous
0 votes
Disciplined
0 votes
Pragmatic
0 votes
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