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 …
I do ask, search and google for something every day. But I do this to get things done in my project and not to write essays about this.
Remebeer “If you can, you do; if you can’t you tell stories”.
Today I can try building on my perspective by asking questions of a group I am currently undertaking a major project with – What they think & listening to it? What would happen if we did it backwards? Upside Down? Substituted key elements? Magnified it? Used it in a different way? Eliminated part of it? Rearranged it?
Today I can try building on my perspective by searching for other peoples perspectives and actively listening to them before judging.
Today I can try building my creativity by googling the “Happiness Project”.
I wish to build on my ability to show perspective and objectivity.
I can ask one or two trusted friends how they achieve this .
I can search in my own thinking for different possibilities , different ways of accepting the numerous and overwhelming number of differences in human personality …and realise each has a valid perspective of their own.
I can google the website Dr Seligman and his material on positive psychology for valuable insights .
Today I can try building on my persistence by asking myself what my priority tasks are that need to be completed before the Christmas break.
Today I can try building on my persistence by searching for the background information and tools needed to schedule and complete these tasks.
Today I can try building on my persistence by NOT googling things that are irrelevant to my work priorities this week.
1. Today I can try building on my integrity by asking my co-worker if he would like to discuss a recent company anouncement.
2. Today I can try building on my intergrity by searching for like minded people to befriend.
3. Today I can try building on my integrity by googling and learning more about the area my father in law is from.
1. Today I can try building on my Curiosity by trying to ask the right questions to explain some inexplicable (at least until I find the answer to the question, or ask the right question!) results I have obtained.
2. Today I can try building on my Curiosity by searching for the answer to the problem of why I got those weird results
3. Today I can try building on my Curiosity by googling for information on herpes virus infection process to try and explain these weird results
Today I can build on my curiousity by asking how some of our equipment works.
Today I can build on my curiousity by searching for new things to explore.
Today I can build on my curiousity by googling the answers to part one which may lead to answers for part two.
1. Today I can try building on my Gratitudes by response faster, less hessitate to thank people who support me.
2. Today I can try building on my Vitality by set career goals and make it happen.
3. Today I can try building on my Bravery by stop hesitating to ask.
Today ,I can build on my strength of being a business person , by asking myself…Who is interested in the products I represent ?
Today I can try building on that strength by searching for groups or sections of the community who would be potential customers…using phone book, or online company lists.
Today, I can try building on my strength by googling sites on the web that offer business assistance ,in finding target market sectors.
Today I can try building on my social intelligence by not allowing my personal feelings bias my decisions.
Today I can try building on my social intelligence by treating all people the same.
Today I can try building on my social intelligence by being aware of the motives and feelings of others.