Discover Your Strengths to Find Success

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Discovering your top strengths is your greatest chance for success in everything that you do. There are many reasons to stop and take a look at what you are really good at and there are specific clues that will show you the way. Think about the tasks that you do that may be timeless or where you feel complete satisfaction. How about a time where learning took place quickly, or you had a success. All of these traits point to talent in action. Whether you are a student going back to school or in search of employment, thinking about the times when you are successful and then trying to replicate your success will help you think about a career or give you the language to describe yourself during an interview.

The Clifton StrengthsFinder assessment which can be found in a few books "Strengths Quest" and "Now Discover Your Strengths" both published by the Gallup Organization , are great tools. The assessment will give you the language of talents which you can apply to your own day to day activities. Once you make the connection between a task and your talent in action you are actually developing your strengths. Not only does this focus on the uniqueness of who your are, it allows a deeper dive around your career and education.

Talent in action every day in most of what you do, physically feels satisfying. If you are not in a career track or major that feels good then you know it by feeling exhausted and drained by the end of the day. Starting your strengths journey could be as easy as making a list of tasks that you do every day and how you feel about them. You will quickly discover the cheers and chores of your list and see your talents in action. Knowledge is power and with that information in hand you are well on your way to discovering more about yourself personally. Strengths knowledge is powerful and can change your life.

Do you have a strengths story to share? I would love to hear about it.