Sure, we all have strengths and we all have weaknesses. So, obviously, there are at least two approaches we can take to grow.
We can focus on trying to resolve our weaknesses and we can try building on our strengths.
There is room for both approaches but, in my experience, it is often more productive to build on a strength than to fix a weakness and that’s what your focus will be today. Build on your strength!
Think of three things you can start today to build on your strength.
DFQ #09:
Complete these sentences and post your completed sentences below:1. Today I can try building on my (name strength) by …
2. Today I can try building on my (name strength) by …
3. Today I can try building on my (name strength) by …
*** Re-submission – didn’t read the question closely enough! ***
Today I can try building on my persistence by working to complete my holiday gift wrapping!
…by not giving up on work related tasks this weekend.
…by performing back pain reduction exercises and KNOWING it will some day get better.
Persistence by continuing to pursue an understanding of who I really am.
Creativity by focusing on ways to add insightful content to my new websites.
Open-mindedness by further understanding that each of us is a complex individual and totally free to perceive the dualities…
1. Today I can try building on and beyond my critical thinking by looking for at least one BVS.
2. Today I can try building on and beyond my critical thinking by looking for maybe 2 BVSs.
3. Today I can try building on and beyond my critical thinking by looking for possibly 3 BVSs.
etc…
1. Today I can try building on my (humor) by … making at least 10 strangers smile 🙂
2. Today I can try building on my (humor) by … making at least friends 10 laugh
3. Today I can try building on my (humor) by …making an extraspecial effort to see the lighter side of things.
1. Today I can try building on my creativity by allowing myself some time out of my routine to think
2. Today I can try building on my creativity by questioning my first response to a problem
3. Today I can try building on my creativity by trying to do something I haven’t done before because I told myself I couldn’t do it – like painting or drawing
Creativity by starting work on a 3..5..&..8 year Plan.
Creativity by suggesting interesting things to do with family and friends.
Creativity by finding new ways to show my appreciation.
HOPE is one of my five strengths picked up by the Brief Strengths Test.
1. Today I can try building on my strength of hope by being optimistic that I shall have better day than yesterday.
2. Today I hope to finish my set tasks so that I can close the day feeling satisfied with a sense of achievement.
3. Today I hope to learn a skill that would be useful in my future work.
Today I can try building on my love of learning by re-reading one of the most interesting books I have read this year, looking for different perspectives as I do so
Today I can try building on my love of learning by spending 10 minutes recording the most important things I have learned this week
Today I can try building on my love of learning by making a plan to learn something entirely new within the next week
1 Today I can try building on my perserverence strength by having a quick break and go back fixing the errors that I have been trying to investigate for more than an hour and it wears me down.
2. Today I can try building on my perserverence strength by take things come to me positively to make me feel good so I can cope with issues better
3. Today I can try building on my perserverence strength by telling myself that in everything I do, I can overcome the obstacles and there is always light at the end of the tunnel.
1. Today I can try building on my vitality by starting the day with either fruit or porridge (every week day)
2. Today I can try building on my vitality by dealing with the pain which is the cause of the symptom of being overweight
3. Today I can try building on my vitality by learning to say no to unhealthy snacks