Are you depressed in your life? Are you fearing to take any
new challenges? Have you become habitual of continuous failure? If the answer
to all these questions is yes, then you are in the right place. Here, we will
tell you how the SWOT analysis of a person could become the blessing for anyone
and we will also see the few examples of SWOT analysis.
Before talking about SWOT Analysis, first, let me share one
story with you guys. It is a motivational story and you will get a ray of hope
after reading this story. This story is related to me and here the story
begins.
5 Years before
I was sitting in the dark house, lights were switched off,
feeling depressed, cried from last 3 hours and now planning to commit suicide.
I got the results of my government exams today.
Unfortunately, I got failed again. It was my 2nd attempt and I could not make
it. I studied a lot and was burning the midnight oil from last 1 year but could
not make it. I love my father and he wanted to see me in the government job. I
wanted to fulfill his desires but my luck was not with me. It was his dreams and
he worked a lot along with me in chasing that dreams but in the end, we were
unable to make it. My hard work of last one year ruined and there was no way of
any hope. I did not want to face my depressed father and the only solution left
with me was to commit suicide. These thoughts were disturbing me.
Suddenly
someone knocked on my door. That person came inside and I was unable to
recognize him due to complete darkness in my room. Lights were switched on
& I got to know, he was Pankaj, one of my friends. He came to me &
asked, “What Happened?”. I told him the story and he shared his story as well.
He said he was in the same situation last year when he was searching for the
job. While searching for the solution,
he got to know about SWOT analysis. He said, it is the ladder and if you use
this ladder properly, then success is in your hands. Let us see, how the SWOT
analysis of the person can benefit him in the next section.
Frequently asked questions on the SWOT analysis of the person
Before knowing swot analysis in details, let us see what are
the frequently asked questions related to SWOT analysis of the person:
1. What is the SWOT analysis?
2. What are the benefits of swot analysis of a person?
3. Is SWOT analysis also called personal analysis?
4. How to do a SWOT analysis of a person?
What is the meaning of SWOT analysis?
SWOT is an acronym stands for strength, weakness,
opportunities & threats. It is a common tool used in the corporates till
now to evaluate the past, present & future. The tool has become equally
important to the individual in the pursuit of their goals. An individual takes
several decisions throughout his career and sometimes suffers only due to
inability to take the right decisions at the right time. This tool helps them
to evaluate their capabilities and take the decision based on their strength
& weakness.
How to conduct a personal swot analysis
The first step is to make clear goals & objectives before conducting a SWOT analysis of any person. Once you are clear with your
goals, the next step is to understand more about yourself & your external
environment. It is where SWOT analysis is helpful. Once you complete your SWOT
analysis, you will get to know your strength, weakness, & what are the
possible opportunities & threats.
Let us see what are possible questions that you can ask from
yourselves to get the answer of four pillars of SWOT.
What are the strengths of a person
This is the first step of swot analysis of a person & start
your SWOT analysis by finding your strength. These are the traits or skills
that will make you different from others. By knowing your strength, you can
easily achieve your target or surpass to those, who are competing with you. To
get the answer to your strength, ask below-listed questions from you:
1. What advantages do you have that others don't have?
2. What do you do better than anyone else?
3. What do other people see as your strengths?
4. What are your achievements in your career/life?
5. Do you feel proud of any of your achievements?
What is the weakness of a person
The next step is to find out your weaknesses. It will help you to find out
the areas where you need to improve and give to chance to yourself to become
better than your competitor. Questions to consider while finding weakness
include:
1. What would other people see as your weaknesses?
2. Do you avoid tasks like public speaking, writing, speaking in front of your boss, etc. as you don’t feel confident while doing them?
3. Do you have confidence in your skills and knowledge? Are you lacking somewhere in your skills?
4. What are your negative work habits?
5. Do you have personality traits that hold you back in your field?
What are the opportunities for a person
This is the 3rd phase of your SWOT analysis of a
person and the first two were related to you but opportunities are mostly
external related to the environment or the peoples surrounded you. Questions to consider while finding opportunities
include:
1. Is the industry sector, you are looking for are growing? If so, how can you take advantage of the current market?
2. What are the possible opportunities coming to your industry sector?
3. What are the latest technologies coming into your industry sector?
What are the threats for a person
It is the final step of SWOT analysis of a person and again
this step is not related to you. It is again related to external events or the
environment that will make you worry in the future. Ask the questions listed
below and find the possible threats. Try to overcome them & achieve your
goals. Questions to consider while
finding threats include:
1. What is the level of competition for the types of jobs for
which you are best suited?
2. What is the biggest external danger to your goals?
3. What obstacles do you currently face at work?
4. Does changing technology threatening your position?
Example of SWOT analysis of a person
Let us take an example to understand the importance of SWOTanalysis in the life of every individual and what are the benefits of SWOT analysis if you adopt this tool in your life. In India, eCommerce companies are growing
with very fast speed and here, your objective to get a job in eCommerce company
while currently, you are working in the manufacturing sector.
Let us see how to respond to the answer to this question. Here, I would like to start the SWOT analysis
in a different manner.
First, I would like to talk about opportunities.
To get
the answer to this question, ask questions like what are the different department in the
eCommerce companies? which department is best suited to you? What are the
skills required to get a job? What is the minimum qualification required to get
a job?
See yourself and find the answers to the questions asked
above. Are you qualified enough to meet the qualification criteria? Are you
possessing the skills eCommerce companies are looking for? If the answers of
all these questions are yes, it means, you have the required strength but if
the answer of any of these questions is No, it means, it is the area of your
weakness. You should start working on your weakness and make your weakness your
strengths.
The next step is to find out the threats.
Try
comparing yourself with the possible candidates you are likely to compete to
get the job. Try to find out the possible threats and then determine the
possible ways to overcome them.
Benefits of SWOT analysis
There might have numerous benefits of adopting SWOT analysis
in your life but the one I liked the most to know about our capability for any
project. It tells us “are we eligible for this project?”. What to do next if
you want to make yourself capable of the same project.
Final Words
After reading the complete blog, I consider that you have understood the importance of SWOT analysis in the life of every person. Start
implementing this in your life and make your life successful.
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