Do you know what your superpower is? The thing that you naturally do best; maybe the thing that you don’t even realize you do better than anyone else!
I learned for the first time around age 40 what my true strengths were; those things that just came easy for me and gave me energy. To my surprise, not one of my top 5 strengths had ONE thing to do with the 20 plus year career I had been in!
After becoming aware of my strengths, I embarked on a journey of self-discovery which led to diving deep and exploring my true passions.
Marcus Buckingham, an author and strength strategist says that doing tasks that play to your strengths are identifiable around the following criteria:
1. You are great (not just good) at it
2. When thinking about the task, you are excited — you anticipate the activity
3. When doing the task you find it easy to concentrate and get absorbed in the activity, even losing track of time
4. Once the task is completed, you have more energy than before
When I have a new client; one of the first things I want to know about them is if they know what their strengths are and if they are playing to them!
Do you know your strengths? Let’s discover them today,
Shari Godley
Chief Relationship Officer