The effort you invest each day into working on your strengths is well worth it. You get a great return on strengths.
Life in 2017-2018 is full of demands and deadlines but, at the end of the day, YOU are your own greatest investment.
So, as long as you don’t feel like you’re drowning in narcissism, let’s build on another strength today by asking, by searching and by googling.
Choosing a different strength from the one you chose in the last lesson, how can you explore ways to build on that strength today?
Specifically, what can you ask for? What can you search for? What can you google?
DFQ #10:
Think of three things you can do today to build your strengths. Choose a strength and then complete these sentences and post your completed sentences below:
1. Today I can try building on my (name strength) by asking …
2. Today I can try building on my (name strength) by searching …
3. Today I can try building on my (name strength) by googling …
Today I can try building on my love by telling family/friends how much they mean to me.
Today I can try building on my love by giving my family a hug.
Today I can try building on my love by buying a gift for a friend for no reason – just to put a smile on their face
Today I will build on my love by showing greater patience for my fellow man.
Today I will be even kinder to all who cross my path.
Today I will be even more grateful for all kindnesses showing to me.
Today I can try building on my curiousity be researching tips for macro photography
Today I can try building on my curiousity by researching how various organisations handle data triage and storage for next-generation sequencing
Today I can build on my curiousity by researching a data-centre-in-a-shipping-container, how much they cost and what you get for your $$’s
1. Today I can try building on my curiosity by asking questions about a topic I am not proficient in
2. Today I can try building on my curiosity by searching the training register for anything of interest
3. Today I can try building on my curiosity by googling IPod repairs
1. Today I can try building on my prudence by asking for assistance with resolving a design issue rather than just putting a bandaid fix in place.
2. Today I can try building on my prudence by searching for a root cause rather than accepting the first guess.
3. Today I can try building on my prudence by googling for short courses on Design for Manufacture.
Today I can try building on my gratitude by asking a work colleague how long it has been since I expressed my thanks for their continued hard work and support.
Today I can try building on my gratitude by searching for an appropriate reward for great work in our team.
Today I can try building on my gratitude by googling original ways to express thanks.
. Today I can try building on my persistance by asking …what is my next project to be persistant about.
2. Today I can try building on my persistance by searching for different ways of doing a current project.
3. Today I can try building on my persistance by googling …new storage systems to help with current project whic I an persisting with.
1. Today i can try building on my Prudence by asking for confirmation on a design change that i consider to be better – Done!
2. Today i can try building on my Prudence by searching for the right answer to a niggling question.
3. Today i can try building on my Prudence by googling more information on being prudent.
1. Today I can try building on my persistance by asking what can I do better in trying to achieve the outcomes I need for my work group.
2. Today I can try building on my persistance by searching for the answers although I am tired.
3. Today I can try building on my persistence by googling for opportunities and ideas that match the areas where I am struggling to make achievements.
I am actually styruggling to remember what my strengths are
for persistence I want to get up to date with a few of those admin activities that I need to do. I suspect there is at least 3 of them I can tackle!!