My Top Five Strengths

What is the High 5 Test?

The high 5 test is an online strengths finder test. This test features 120 questions that are all based on a sliding scale from totally disagree to totally agree. These questions all involve various scenarios based on how you would choose to think or feel in a situation. To answer these questions, it is best that you answer based on your first reaction. At the end of the test, you are given a list of your top five highest strengths and a description of each one. In this blog post, I will talk about my highest strengths and how they can be helpful in my future career.

My 5 Highest Strengths

According to the high 5 test, my top five strengths are peace keeper, empathizer, optimist, thinker, and believer. Surprisingly, this test described me and my strengths pretty accurately.

Peace Keeper

"Peace keepers are masters of balance. Their strength helps them find alignment and build bridges among people to reach the best outcomes. They feel emotionally drained by constant friction among those who do not seek common ground."

I think that a peace keeper perfectly describes my personality because I am always trying to avoid any sort of conflict. I am also the person that remains neutral instead of picking a side between two friends that may be arguing. If possible I try to encourage people to get along rather than disagree.

Being a peace keeper can definitely help me in the future with my business career. Trying to maintain peace in the workplace can encourage others to stay peaceful as well. This can lead to an improved company culture and increased moods of employees and customers. Peace keeping will also help projects that require group collaborations run smoother.

Empathizer

"Empathizers are great at understanding how people feel and use this sensibility to do good for others. They become frustrated when asked to disregard feelings and focus solely on logic instead."

An empathizer is a very accurate way to describe me. I am a person that is very feelings based and I like to do whatever will help others. I also am the person that everyone cents to and can come to for advice. I think that I do a good job of understanding what people may go through and trying to help them through it. I actually think that I spend a lot of time listening to people and just letting them share their thoughts.

Being an empathizer can help me in my future career in a lot of different ways. If I end up in a career that allows me to work with clients, being an empathizer could help me better understand the needs of those clients.

Optimist

"Optimists enjoy praising the good in people and are grateful for what they have. They find it difficult to be around those who constantly focus on the negative."

Out of all five of the high 5 strengths, I think that an optimist describes me the best. I try to always stay in a positive mood and always look at the bright side in any negative situations. I also tend to avoid negative people that are always trying to bring other people down with them. I am also the person that tries to uplift everyone and put them in a better mood.

I think that optimism is pretty similar to a peace keeper and can have the same benefits in the workplace. Optimists can help everyone in the workplace increase their mood. Optimists can also help reduce stress in the workplace.

Thinker

"Thinkers enjoy mental activity, intellectual discussions and time alone in reflection. They find it difficult to work in teams that tend to act before thinking." I would definitely consider myself to be a thinker and sometimes even an over-thinker. I always think everything through before making a decision. Being an active thinker would be a huge benefit in the workplace. Critical thinking can help me with problem-solving and having to make difficult or important decisions.

Believer

"Believers' actions are driven by core values that cannot be compromised at the expense of success. Believers get drained if their beliefs and values are questioned, or if they have to do something that goes against their principles." I never really thought of myself as a believer but after learning about this trait I would consider myself to be a believer. I am a person the subconsciously acts based on my personal morals and values. While I am able to work with others who do not share the same values sometimes it can be a bit draining. I think that in general being a believer is good because it means that you have learned quite a bit about the person that you are. Being a believer can help in the workplace with any manager or upper lever position. A manager should be one that is able to successfully run a business without compromising the reputation of the business.

Final Thoughts

Overall, I really enjoyed taking the high 5 test. It was interesting learning more about my biggest strengths and it was also surprising to see how accurate the test results were about my personality. Once I begin my professional career, it will be interesting to see how these five strengths appear in my work.