Taking the Clifton Strength finder, I discovered my top five strengths are thinker,
prioritizer, consensus, believing, and structerer. I think each of these represents myself
pretty accurately. In relation to the strengths of an entrepreneur, I did not have any
strengths that matched. However, I feel that the strengths I do have can somewhat be
related to a few of an entrepreneur. The top five strengths listed for an entrepreneur are
activator, adaptability, strategic, discipline, and focus. I think that structerer could easily
be related to strategic. Consensus, which means seeking harmony to solve conflicts, is
similar to being an activator. My strengths of prioritizing and being a thinker could also
be helpful skills to an entrepreneur. Although my strengths test did not reveal the exact
top five entrepreneurial strengths, I do think mine could be just as beneficial.
Examples that I can think of where my strengths relate to that of an entrepreneur
are mostly just in every day situations. Being a thinker helps me focus on certain issues at
hand. I put a lot of time into thinking all of my actions through and finding the best
solutions to problems. As a prioritizer, I am able to put what matters most in the forefront
of my mind. This is important for entrepreneurs to be able to do. With a million different
thoughts floating in their minds, they need to be able to take one task at a time picking
the one that will produce the best results. My other strength that I believe is equally
important to those of an entrepreneur is being a structerer. Like I mentioned, I believe
that this strength is very similar to being strategic as well as disciplined. One thing that
really stood out to me in reading this article under the strategic category was, “finding
alternative ways to succeed.” As a structerer, the Clifton strengths finder test summarized
it by saying this involves being disciplined and creating routines in order to avoid doing
Sam Forslund
ENT 224 B
Strengths Reflection
