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What Are You Good At?
You May Not Be the Best Person to Ask
by Peter Vogt
You would think that when it comes to figuring out what you're good at, the best source of information would be you. After all, who knows you any better than you do?
Strangely enough, however as I've seen with many students other people can often spot skills in you that you never realized you had.
Sometimes it's difficult to realize what skills you have, because they come so easily and naturally to you. They are all so second nature that you might not even notice them. It may take an objective outsider to point them out to you.
Do you have some skills and abilities you don't recognize in yourself? If you're like most people, you almost certainly do and you'll need to get some help to identify them.
Try the following experiment to see what I mean: Ask two or three of your friends to take a few minutes to think about you and your skills. Have them jot down all of the skills and abilities they think you have, whether they are traits (e.g., honesty, reliability, trustworthiness), transferable skills (e.g., those skills you can take anywhere, like analyzing, organizing and motivating), or special knowledge (e.g., knowing how to develop a Web site, knowing how to design and sew a dress). Then write down your own thoughts about your skills in these areas.
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