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 persistence by asking for a more equitable timetable for my students
Today I can try building on my persistence by searching for other students to compete at our aths competition in a couple of week’s time
Today I can try building on my persistence by googling for alternatives to a situation that currently feel that I have no control over
Today I can try building on my perspective by asking myself, what do others think?
Today I can try building on my perspective by searching within myself for answers to questions I have.
Today I can try building on my perspective by googling the answers that I need to the questions that I have, but haven’t been able to answer.
1. Today I can try building on my curiosity by asking more relevant questions to broaden my knowledge.
2. Today I can try building on my curiosity by searching for different perspectives and viewpoints.
3. Today I can try building on my curisoity by googling information that expands on the normal facts or by googling something that is related to the initial topic.
1. Today I can try building on my curiosity by asking more relevant questions and wanting to know more.
2. Today I can try building on my curiosity by searching for different persepctives and viewpoints on a particular topic.
3. Today I can try building on my curiosity by googling aspects of the topics I teach that aren’t the norm or googling topics that are related to the original.
Today I can build on my teaching skills by asking some of my graduates which part of the course they liked best.
Today I can build on my treaching skills by searching thru my files for early presentations, to see how my presentations have developed.
Today I can build on my treaching skills by googling dan brule on youtube to check which clips are being most viewed.
1. Today I can try building on my curiosity by asking more questions.
2. Today I can try building on my curiosity by searching for more answers.
3. Today I can try building on my curiosity by googling and researching things which I am inquisitive about, but don’t know all that much about.
Today I will make arrangements to attempt the HSC next year. This will reinforce my love of learning. I will contact the NSW education department and ask if this is allowed and if so, what I need to do. This will be done by googling and researching previous exam papers. Yes it is time to allow education to coexist with my intelligence. JMD
1. I can try building on my ‘curiosity’ by asking more questions when new things are being discussed and not feel like you are making a fool of yourself if you do.
2. I can try building on my ‘curiosity’ by searching for more detailed/broader information on topics that pique my interest during discussions
3. I can try building on my ‘curiosity’ by googling ‘Hunger games. When is the next book in the series out?’
1. Today I can try building on my curiosity by asking myself why the tips of my lemon tree are curling up.
2. Today I can try building on my curiosity by searching through my gardening books.
3. Today I can try building on my curiosity by googling and finding a gardening blog where I can learn more about growing citrus.
Today I can try building on my love strength by investigating the different ways children express their love, as pertains to my own children and their needs.
Today I can try building on my love strength by considering how love relates to my connection with people and the environment.
Today I can try building on my love strength by researching something my wife really likes to do and finding an opportunity to do it!