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Episode 1 - Context

Official Description: - “People strong in the Context theme enjoy thinking about the past. They understand the present by researching its history.”

Context is the 5th of my top five strengths, and probably the most confusing. It’s not confusing because I disagree, it’s just that it’s a little difficult to decipher. Like many of my strengths, I sometimes like to look at them from the perspective of a weakness to help me figure it out. Context is the theme that I believe explains much of my anti-social behavior, in that I am often hesitant to jump into new situations or meet new people before I have a lot of background information built up. I also try to apply lessons learned in the past to situations of the present. Another way to look at this strength is to say that I like order in all things, and I’m very uncomfortable when I feel out of control or when I’m surrounded by chaos. A quote that I think embodies this strength is “Hindsight is always 20/20″, which I think not only emphasizes that the past is (for the most part) clear and known, but that the present and future are foggy and unknowable. I don’t like not knowing things, and I tend to avoid situations with a lot of unknowns, e.g. most large social situations.

Tune in next time for Episode 2 - Analytical, it’s sure to be a blast!