Strength and Honor.

Good evening, folks.

So as promised, the follow up to weakness portion of the task this week. Now I'm here to talk about my strengths, which to be honest, I'm pretty stoked about.

Talking about myself has always been a favorite past time of mine, and now to tell you all the things that I am really good at and really proud of, well that's just a dream assignment to me.

To start off, I want to preface this post with the information that I ran a half marathon this morning. That's 13.1 miles for the couch potatoes out there. I didn't train (which I don't recommend) but I finished it, and I am damn proud of myself. As a result, I feel like a rheumatic old woman who can barely move and walks with her back bent at a permanent 45 degree angle. And the good news is that I will feel even worse in the next two days.

And that make a nice segue into my strengths. First off, If I say I'm going to do something, even if I'm not totally prepared or ready, I'm going to do it. What I find now, especially in business, and even in friendships, people just do a lot of talking, and not a lot of doing. And for anyone out there guilty of this vice, I have one message: Talk is cheap. I've done a lot of talking in my day, but 10 times out of 10, I follow through. No one thought I would sell everything and move to New York City, and 3 months later, I was there. For anyone that doubted I would get my own business started, it's done. I back it up, and I don't just mean a great dance move.

Another strength is that I am fearless. Not that I have no fears (open water, heights, NEEDLES, Perez Hilton), but when I approach most situations, social or professional, although I am aware of the possibility of embarrassment, failure, or saying the wrong thing, it never holds me back. I always dive in head first, which to be honest has burned me a time or two. But with those odds, I'm going to keep at it.

Lastly, this is the answer that I would give in a job interview. I'm creative and resourceful. Creative because I can create a concept from scratch that no one has ever done before, resourceful because I can pull it off with zero budget. So on a professional level--that's where it's at.

Admittedly, I have a lot of ground to cover this year, but ultimately I think I have a pretty good foundation, and on Wendy's Strength Vs. Weakness-O-Meter, I think I register on the strong side. But I'll keep thinking about it as I pile on the Icy-Hot and polish my finisher's medal.