This week you will do a personal analysis of yourself using the same concepts from a business practice called a SWOT $($strengths$,$ weaknesses,image.png opportunities, and threats$)$ analysis. This type of tool is commonly used in organizations to determine what they are good at$,$ what is at risk, and how to improve and persist in all conditions internally and externally.

Strengths and weaknesses are defined as internal factors that you can overcome, and opportunities and threats are determined as external forces, things out of your control but that affect you. To make your own SWOT, you will need to do an analysis to evaluate the present OR future of your individual career goals. When conducting a SWOT analysis, consider what your goal should be$.$ Do you want a new skill set, a new position, or a career change? You can even review your posts from Week $3$ to recall what goals you have discussed. Keep that in mind as you develop your SWOT. The purpose of a SWOT is to give you an inventory of your strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for the goal you want to achieve.

S: Your strengths

W: Your weaknesses

O: Your opportunities

T: Your threats to your success

Applying critical thinking steps to define your strengths and weaknesses while recognizing your opportunities and threats is essential in analyzing yourself.