What are your strengths?

If you are like the majority of people, you might find it hard to answer that question. And by not knowing you are – unfortunately - at risk of missing out on a lot.

Knowing your strengths and understanding how to use them is one the biggest gifts you could give to yourself. A gift that will allow you to define a career path that brings you closer to your authentic best self. And following that path will allow you to tap into your full potential so that you can create a career you thrive in.

In this video, we are going to explore five different ways how you can discover your strengths …and why it actually matters.

00:00 Introduction
01:11 Benefits of knowing & using your strengths
02:13 What are strengths?
04:34 5 Approaches to discover your strengths
04:48 Tips for strengths spotting
05:50 Past successes
06:15 Past challenges
06:34 Flow experiences
07:01 How others see you
07:40 The unexplored
08:10 Two questions to dive deeper

Enjoy the video…

…and in case you would like to explore the underlying research a bit more 😉
Harter, J. K., Schmidt, F. L., & Hayes, T. L. (2002). Business-unit-level relationship between employee satisfaction, employee engagement, and business outcomes: A meta-analysis. Journal of Applied Psychology, 87(2), 268–279.

Govindji, R., & Linley, P. A. (2007). Strengths use, self-concordance and well-being: Implications for strengths coaching and coaching psychologists. International Coaching Psychology Review, 2(2), 143–153.

Linley, P. A., Nielsen, K. M., Gillett, R., & Biswas-Diener, R. (2010). Using signature strengths in pursuit of goals: Effects on goal progress, need satisfaction, and well-being, and implications for coaching psychologists. International Coaching Psychology Review, 5(1), 6–15.

Wood, A.M., Linley, P.A., Maltby, J., Kashdan, T.B., & Hurling, R. (2011). Using personal and psychological strengths leads to increases in well-being over time: A longitudinal study and the development of the strengths use questionnaire. Personality and Individual Differences, 50, 15-19.

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