PERSONAL SWOT ANALYSIS

SWOT analysis is a powerful personal development tool. Not only can it help you to identify your
strengths and weaknesses, SWOT can help you discover a direction for personal/professional
development, as well as areas of concerns for you to address. The following are questions that will help
you with each area.

1. Strengths – List all valuables resources you 3. Opportunities – List the possible
may have as an individual. opportunities that can be pursued to improve
your qualities?
-What do you do best?
- Which are the best opportunities in the near
- What are your positive traits?
future?
- What is your greatest achievement?
- How can you make changes that will benefit
- What do you do well? your growth?

- What makes you stand out? - What activities can you undertake to improve
a quality or characteristic?
- What advantages do you have over others?
- How can you turn your strengths into
- What unique qualities do you have? opportunities?
- What activities/sports or extra curricular - What could you do today that isn’t being
events do you participate in? done?
2. Weaknesses – List all resources that you - Do you have contacts that can help you?
require to perform better?
4. Threats – List all the factors that have the
- What tasks do you avoid doing because of lack potential to reduce your performance?
of confidence?
- Do you have financial, developmental,
- What disadvantages do you have? academic, spiritual or physical problem?
- What are your negative traits or habits? - Do you have obligations that may prevent you
- What fears do you have that may be holding from succeeding?
you back? - What obstacles do you face?
- What do your friends complain about you? - Could any of your weaknesses prevent you
- What areas do you struggle with? from succeeding?
- Are you competing with others for what you - Do any of your strengths hold you back?
want?