Personal strengths are characteristics that allow you to thrive. Everybody has their own personal strengths, and no one set of strengths is better than another.
Sometimes people form teams to combine their strengths to achieve a shared goal.
Strengths can provide you with the capability and confidence to achieve goals that are important to you, as well as helping you to manage challenges and adversity.
People are often good at noticing personal strengths in others, but not in themselves – even though they exist.
All of us could be better at noticing our strengths, and using them more often to achieve what is important for us.
Once we notice our strengths we can use them more effectively and more often.
Examples of personal strengths include:
Adaptability Creativity Gratitude Honesty Curiosity Dependability Courage Empathy Forgiveness Fairness Persistence
Are there any other strengths you could add to the list?
What are your personal strengths?
Challenge participants to identify their strengths
When have you used these personal strengths to achieve great things?
What have you noticed when you have effectively used your personal strengths?
What were the benefits?
Personal strengths can be further developed with effort and practice over time. Just like exercising muscles makes them more powerful, exercising your personal strengths can make them (and you) more powerful.
What personal strengths would you like to develop further to achieve your goals?
Ask participants to think of a goal and to identify the personal strengths they could further develop to achieve it.
How will you build upon these personal strengths?