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6. Compulsiveness
A person's strengths are like a blown-up balloon under the water - they keep surfacing. Subconsciously, you may feel a compulsion to express your strengths. For example, if your strength is writing, you may grab any opportunity to write.

Ask yourself: "What do I feel compelled to do?

7. Yearnings
Like a magnet, your yearnings pull you towards your strengths. So, if you catch yourself longing repeatedly to do something, say, teaching others, therein may lie your strength.

8. Rapid learning
If you are able to learn a particular skill rapidly, that again is a clue to your strength.

9. Losing track of time
Not being conscious of the time while you are doing something is one of the most reliable clues to your strengths.

Ask yourself: "What do I enjoy doing so much that it makes me lose track of time?"

10. Feedback analysis
This is method suggest by management guru Peter Drucker. It works as follows:

1. Whenever you take a key decision or action, write down what you expect to happen.
2. Later, perhaps after a few days, weeks or months, compare the actual results with your own expectations.

According to Drucker, if practiced consistently, the feedback analysis will reveal to you both your strengths and weaknesses.

With so many ways to uncover your strengths, it is time you unleashed them to enjoy your work, give superior performance and savour success in your career.