When we know our strengths, we can be our best. Strengths are important for discovering purpose and choosing priorities and goals. Using your strengths for purposeful AIMS adds meaning and satisfaction to life. Below are details about the strengths you can find through the following sources. Find links at the end of the post to a printable list of strengths and a form to write your own strengths alongside your goals to maintain focus on them. Learn more about how to Identify Strengths at Discover U.
Gain clarity FAST:
• Find flow
• Assess abilities
• Spot strengths
• Take stock of talents
Find MATCHES with these sources of strengths.
• Myers-Briggs personality
• Assess strengths free → (Red Bull, High Five)
• Talents (Gardner)
• Character strengths (VIA)
• Holland code
• Explore DISC
• Strengthsfinder (Clifton) $
The Clifton Strengthsfinder is a good way to identify strengths, although this assessment has a fee. It describes 34 strengths in four domains. A free printable pdf describes the CliftonStrengths Themes.
The free Red Bull Wingfinder includes 25 strengths in four areas.
The free High Five assessment includes 20 strengths in four areas. A pdf with definitions of the High Five strengths is available from judsonu.edu.
Gardner’s multiple intelligences indicate talents.
VIA character strengths reveal personal qualities. Learn more at Map Your Values.
Holland codes indicate interests in six areas.
Myers-Briggs personality reveals strengths in eight areas.
DISC personality reveals strengths in four areas.
Knowing your strengths allows you to use them well. Download the pdf Sources of Strengths for a printable outline of all of these strengths.
Keep your strengths alongside your goals – Download a pdf of the Goal Shift Chart + Assessment Results to write your results on a form. Learn more at Identify Strengths, part of the Discover U series.
Once you identify your strengths, go FAR with:
• Focus
• Attention
• Resilience
Discovering and using your strengths adds meaning to life.
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