My greatest weakness? It must be lack of managerial skills, political savvy and communication skills in complex human relationships. I am a simple person and sometimes naive. I work best in a simple & peaceful environment, without too much competitions, also with simple tasks. I am a bit slow in pace at work, but is a pleasant partner to work with, my greatest strength is the ability to connect with people in a pleasant way, and sometimes resolve conflicts between people.

I am a peace-maker.

Nice shift, Peace-maker. This is a great example.

Easy - procrastination! That's got to be my biggest weakness, especially for tasks that do not exactly excite me, such as completing RFPs, writing proposals, developing balance scorecards and giving performance reviews.
I usually try to embark on one of these tasks and find myself drifting into other things, such as cleaning out my closet, helping a colleague set up a training room, review a channel partner's pipeline report .. and sometimes in this process though I find myself thinking about the task that I've put off, and a lightbulb goes off and I start looking at it from a different angle, and when I do finally sit down to finish the task, it's alot better thought out document than it would have been if I had completed it the first time I tried to do it.

Wow, that's neat. So it's like your brain just craves being creative, and so rather than buckling down to get something done, you let yourself get offtrack and that way capitalize on the creative thinking. Cool.

I have a few "greatest weaknesses"!

Extreme enthusiasm for things that I am interested in makes me want to put all my time into something, be overextended and other things
suffer - I get too excited and then I get over-tired and therefore depressed. This can be a plus as I tend to do good work when excited,
and make other people get excited about sb. as well, which can be good for encouraging people do do things etc. (I think that this has helped me in WiPS as president as I have loads of good comments about my job.)

Get OTT angry when people are late - However, this means that I always (or nearly always) get things done on time - it's a trust thing and means that I am generally always reliable. This is a good business
strategem and people remember you if they need a job done.

Two more great examples. I think you know yourself pretty well, Jenny.

My indecisiveness is my biggest weakness. It means that I'm slow in my decision making and that I tend to hang onto things for too long. But it does mean that I'm careful and plan before I make a decision and look at all the possibilities to make sure I've made the right one. I still see this weakness as a huge hindrance though because I get frustrated I can't quick decisions!

Careful people like you are really good to have as part of a team. You can keep the super enthusiastic ones realistic.

If you didn't get frustrated by the pace of decisions, would it still be a hindrance? Just curious.

My biggest weakness is indecivesiveness. Because I want to make the best decision, I often evaluate too much before I can make up my mind, and even after I make a decision, I tend to change my mind again. I relate this to thoughtfulness and taking all aspects of one thing into consideration.

I worry too much about what others think about me and sometimes get angry or annoyed because of other people's judgement. Deep inside, maybe I am worried that people do not like myself. If this is a strength, then I would say I like to please everyone and make them happy. Actually, I should let it be and tell myself that it's just an observation and that may be whom I really am and accept it.

I am afraid to be the attention of a crowd of people. I relate this to support. I can be a good support.

I am not persistent and not following through. I give up when I believe that it (an occupation, a relationship) won't last. If this is a strength, I would say I like to keep things and relationships refreshed from time to time.

You're really good at reframing your weaknesses into strengths!

Thank you very much Angela, for this e-coaching.