Personal Strengths
Personal Strengths
Episode 20: Strengths in This Time? Who Wants to Do That? – Sandy Lewis
If I could wave a magic wand, all of us would show up at work and home as our best authentic selves. Focus on VIA character strengths: www.viacharacter.org/ 1. Using this time of stress as a chance to discover who we are at our best, pick up the pieces and put them together differently — using our strengths more intentionally. 2. Strengthspotting in others — appreciating how they are different from us. Catch them doing something right and label it. 3. Tayyab Rashid’s list of ways to exercise strengths: bit.ly/BuildVIAStrengths View Sandy’s bio at svchange.com/Sandy
Episode 33: The Stories of You – Margarita Tarragona
In every conversation, we highlight certain experiences and not others. So we are constantly writing our own stories. * Shine a light on what goes well, what is strong, the more luminous parts of our lives. * If friends lose jobs, help them separate their identities and sense of worth from their job status. * Ask “Which of your strengths would you like to be able to apply in the next job?” * Thicken the plot. People are more than one adjective! * Turn adjectives into nouns. After “I’m so explosive!” ask “What are these explosions like?” The problem becomes a separate entity. To see more videos in the Work Remote series, visit mycoach.zone/WorkRemote To view Margarita’s bio, visit svchange.com/Margarita
Episode 35: Character Strengths Matter: How to Live a Full Life…During a Pandemic – Shannon Polly
Shannon Polly talks about using awareness of our character strengths to get through these difficult times. Among other messages, she tells us 1) Use heart strengths such as kindness, especially toward ourselves. 2) Whatever strengths you have, they are the best ones for you to employ. 3) It’s possible to overuse strengths, so dial back if your persistence or self-regulation is making you anxious. 4) There’s always more to learn about your character strengths. Together with emotional intelligence and a sense of meaning, using them effectively is highly correlated to well-being in life and work. Visit Shannon’s bio at svchange.com/Shannon
Episode 46: How to Reach Success on Your Own Terms – David Pollay
It is possible to build a successful career that is full of good fulfilling days. Framework of three things that David has tested: * Find joy every day * Do what you love * Make a difference David shares some strategies for living according to this framework, which is also described in his book, The Three Promises: tinyurl.com/3PromisesBook Visit David’s bio at svchange.com/David View more Work Remote Strategies at tinyurl.com/workremotestrategies
Episode 56: Doing in-depth interviews about strengths – Margarita Tarragona
Margarita shows us how to * Start an inquiry into strengths with curiosity about the history of those strengths * Ask questions, such as, – “Which of your strengths are most in evidence in your life right now?” – “Give me an anecdote from your life that shows that strength in action.” – “What weakens or detracts energy from this strength?” – “How is this strength relevant in your life?” View Margarita’s bio at svchange.com/Margarita These videos are sponsored by MyCoach at mycoach.zone
