A Look at Discipline

People exceptionally talented in the Discipline theme enjoy routine and structure. Their world is best described by the order they create.

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This week, our guest blogger is Audrey Watson. Audrey works for TeamMates of Lincoln Public Schools, where she serves as a Project Specialist. Her top 5 Strengths are Discipline, Positivity, Achiever, Learner, and Responsibility. Here is what Discipline looks like for Audrey:

Many of the people I know would be shocked that I am not choosing to write about positivity in this blog. My top Strength is actually Discipline and I strongly believe that this strength describes me very well and I feel that I confidently name and claim it, but as with my other four strengths, I’m still working on aiming it.

“People exceptionally talented in the Discipline theme enjoy routine and structure. Their world is best described by the order they create.” This is a strength of mine that I absolutely love because with Discipline, I find myself being very organized and that helps me to achieve my responsibilities (two of my other strengths). Before bed each night, I pick out my outfit and I pack my lunch, so when I wake up in the morning, I have such a routine set that I feel more confident about any challenges or obstacles that come up.

When I am providing support to mentors in Lincoln, I bring my ‘Mentor Bag’. It has many treasures inside: blank TeamMates forms, activity ideas, reminders of deadlines for myself, strengths focused activities, and information about the different schools. By being prepared and having this organized in one bag, I feel confident that the order I’m creating will help me with any challenge or question that comes up.

I may not always like change, in fact I hate it because it strays from my routine, but because I can organize and create structure within my routine, I can make it successfully through the different changes that arise.

-Audrey

If you are interested in guest blogging about one of your Top 5 StrengthsFinder themes this school year, please email Tess at tstarman@teammates.org

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