After taking the VIA Character Strengths Assessment, a survey which reveals the qualities that come most naturally to a person. My survey revealed that my top five strengths are:
- Kindness
- I was not very surprised when I got kindness as my top character strength because kindness has always been a part of my personality and identity. I also believe that I am an empathetic person which is an important part of kindness and I think that it shows through my relationships with people closest to me and how I strive to treat others.
- Prudence
- I relate well with the strength of prudence because I am always very careful about my decisions and I tend to think a lot about what impact my words and actions will have. I am also a very organized person and I like planning things out.
- Honesty
- I identify with the strength of honesty because I think that many people view me as a trustworthy person because I am honest and tell people my true opinion. I also believe that I am honest with myself in that I take ownership of my behavior and actions.
- Fairness
- I connect with fairness as one of my character strengths because I think that I am generally pretty good at being able to put myself in other people’s shoes and understanding that everyone is going through something that others do not know about so it is important to treat everyone equally.
- Judgement
- Out of my top 5 strengths, I feel the smallest connection to judgement because it is a strength that I do not really notice myself using as much. I think that I use the aspects of judgement when making decisions, but it doesn’t play a very big role in my everyday life.
