Strengths
What are Strengths?
Strengths are the unique traits that come most easily or naturally to you. Your strengths can be leveraged to create quality job performance and can lead to a fulfilling life, when used to their fullest. Strengths can also be overdone, leading to an imbalance.
Learning about your strengths creates awareness and clarity, and it brings a positive focus to your self-concept. As you identify strengths, you might also find that there are development areas in which you are not as strong. Identifying your personal spectrum of strengths and relative weaknesses can help you see yourself more objectively, set goals, and build confidence.
It is common to think we must diminish our strengths to demonstrate humility, or focus only on weaknesses in order to grow. In fact, exercising humility really is an important strength all its own, and being authentic in weakness is essential to personal and professional development. While these two areas have their place, focusing on strengths can also be a powerful approach to learning about yourself and from which to begin creating what you are uniquely able to contribute to your relationships, work, and community.
What are YOUR Strengths?
Take the VIA Character Strengths survey today and discover your signature strengths that make you unique.
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#123: Why You Should Learn About and Know Your Weaknesses
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#120: Proven Systems
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#116: How to Plan for Success
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#101: A Tip for Managing Stress
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#95: Use Your Strengths to Celebrate the Past Year
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#81: The One Ingredient You Need for Work-Life Balance
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#79: How to Get Recognized at Work [Podcast]
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#70: Your Dark Side
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#66: A Mindset to Prioritize What is Important
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#64: Hidden Saboteurs
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#60: Mindset for Handling Periods of Overwhelm
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#51: A Mindset to Rekindle Your Purpose and Meaning
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The Music of Life Coaching
There are big differences between learning to play or sing music and getting to the artist level, where you can express and communicate emotion and a beautiful aesthetic message at an advanced level. As a musician learns to play challenging music, at first, they...
What Personality Tests, Strengths Surveys, and Assessments Really Mean
It's easy to wonder what personality tests, strengths surveys, and assessments really mean. There are so many tools. What value do they hold for you and me? Finding YourselfPersonality tests and strength surveys are awareness activities. These tools give us insight...
#41: Mindset for Advocacy, or, to “Toot Your Own Horn”
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Three Questions to Improve Your Leadership
Three simple questions can help you immediately refocus, reflect and reset your leadership approach.
#36: Resilience and the Majestic Elephant Within
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#35: What I Learned about Navigating Uncertainty from Marching Band
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#34: Use Your Strengths to Cope with Uncertainty
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#29: Feeling Stressed Out? Three Tips to De-stress
Feeling stressed out? You might be experiencing higher level of stress than you realize. This podcast will give you solid ideas to manage stress and relax.
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#27: 7 Keys to Creativity and Innovation
Creativity is within us all. It can be enhanced, practiced, and developed. Creativity leads to possibilities and solutions, with 7 key concepts shared in this podcast.
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#18: Let this “Moment” Define You
Life is full of “defining moments,” and you might be in one right now. Situations come and go that can shape us and allow character to become visible. In today’s podcast, I share some thoughts about defining moments and three tips to help you determine how to approach situations so they can become positive jumping off points for the future.
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#15: What is Power, and How Can You Cultivate It?
In today’s podcast, we’ll explore power–also known as mastery–a critical part of self-growth and development. You’ll learn about power and why it’s a good thing, and some ways to focus on growing in this area.
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#11: Find Clear Direction and Purpose Today with One Simple Idea
Many people think they lack direction, or wonder what their direction and purpose should be. Yet the answers are within, and readily accessible. In today’s podcast, I’ll share a simple idea about how to find your clear direction to this point and gain some joy in the process.
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