Strengths Finder

My new manager at work made me take this Strengths Finder assessment test. She also gave me the book. The assessment of about 120 phrases one has to answer indicating how much the phrases resembled the person, using descriptors such as "Strongly Agree" "Agree" and "Neutral." The following were my top 5 strengths:

Learner
Achiever
Input
Maximizer
Intellection

Each of these strengths has a description in the book and afterwards for each strengths suggestions are given in what one might excel in or how one should attempt to perfect the strength. When I started reading the description of "Input," the description went something like, "you are a collector you collect things.." I was shocked at that point because it seemed like a stranger was telling me true things about me. Yes, so I am a collector, of books, a collector of postcards and a collector of interesting quotes. And therefore, I would like to share the following quotes.

"Life is a deep sleep, of which love is a sweet dream."

Dr. Chopra says his mother told her two sons that they have two girlfriends-
The goddess of wisdom and the wealth. If they woed the goddess of wisdom, she told them, the goddess of wealth would get jealous and pursue them.

"The superiority of the learned man ove the mere pious is like the superiority of the moon when it is full over all the stars." -The Kuran



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Updates

I feel as if I have not written a long time. But when I logged into the website I saw that my last post was October 25th. So it has not been really that long.

The reason I guess, that I have not written is that I have been busy and also have not been inspired by much lately. I finished the book I was reading (The Road to Mecca) which was very interesting and inspirational. Now I am reading Dr.Chopra's new book "Reinventing the New You, Resurrecting the Soul." I am not far into the book and have not come yet to anything that grips my attention and takes my thoughts away.

I don't like to write to much about myself here, my true feelings I write in my diary. However, here are a couple of superficial updates in my life.

First, I landed a new job at my company. My responsibilities will be very interesting and challenging. I will be a clinical monitor and will be responsible for about 5 to 6 sites across the country. I am working on a study that is top priority to the organization, thus there is visibility at all times. Since I will be managing sites I will also be doing up to 50% of travel. With a minimum of 25%. I am not sure whether to be excited about that or not. Since I have never travelled for business before and that is still going to be the priority of course during those travels. In January in fact, I will be flown to Florida for some training that I missed two months ago when it was taking place in my company. I might get a couple of sites to manage that are located in California, which will mean travelling over there.

Second, as I might have mentioned or maybe not, I have now officially moved to my new apartment and I am loving it. I have not completely settled yet as I need more furniture.

Third, thing that is excited and thinking of it now, I should have included in as No.1. Is that Alaa, my ex might just might be coming here for New Years. He is working in Syria right now and when he returns to Cairo he will go to the American Embassy to see whether they will grant him a visiting visa. I really really hope they do. I want him to come and I missed him so much! He said he will go as soon as he comes back and if they grant it he said he will get the first flight. I have not seen him since Summer of 2007. The other day we spend over 2 hours talking on the phone and could have talked even longer had not the money run out on my second phone card. I hope and hope and hope everything goes well. That would be amazing.

The other thing that is kinda cool is that next week, Saturday my sisters and I will be going to the Trans-Siberian Orchestra. All three of us have never gone together before to a concert. Well, we have been to Bosnian concerts but nothing like this. And I am looking forward to it.