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                                            table 7.1

                    General SWLO Examples         Your Personal SWLO Examples

                    Strengths:                    Strengths:
                    What advantages do you have?
                    (Examples: education; unique expe-
                    riences; innovative ability; acting
                    persistently with consistency)
                    What do you do as well as or better
                    than anyone else? (Examples: solve
                    mechanical problems quickly; orga-
                    nize and control for efficiency; see
                    new business opportunities and
                    capitalize on what you see; per-
                    suade; innovate)
                    Weaknesses:                   Weaknesses:
                    Where can you gain the most by
                    improving? (Examples: writing
                    skills; communications skills; del-
                    egation skills; following through)

                    What areas might you best defer to
                    others? (Examples: activities that
                    require technical skills; politicking;
                    managing conflict; sales; organiz-
                    ing)

                    Limitations:                  Limitations:
                    What are your obstacles? (Exam-
                    ples: time; gaps in experience; fi-
                    nancial resources; unavailability of
                    competent coaches; lack of admin-
                    istrative support; changing condi-
                    tions that keep changing; low
                    energy level)

                    Opportunities:                Opportunities:
                    What patterns and trends merit ac-
                    tion? (Examples: people procrasti-
                    nating where efficient actions on
                    your part give you an advantage;
                    new product with potential; exercise
                    and diet to improve attention, con-
                    centration, and energy; building rea-
                    soning skills to short-circuit issues)
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