Monday, March 4, 2013

Signature Strengths

Thanks to Tiffany and a few articles on coaching, lately I've been playing with some of the strategies in Positive Psychology.  Martin Seligman started Positive Psychology several years ago, and its strategies are especially applicable to Blair.  One that I'm looking forward to trying in our remaining weeks is the Signature Strengths Test.  After taking a free questionnaire on Seligman's site, you learn your top five Signature Strengths.  Seligman's advice is to think of a weekly task- one you don't especially enjoy.  Then, find a way to complete that task using a Signature Strength.  By using something you're already good at, you'll be more likely to enter Flow, a state of Flourishing, in which time seems to stand still.  Check it out.  Turns out I'm Creative above all else.

Authentic Happiness Questionnaires

2 comments:

  1. Thanks Hans, I'm going to take some surveys over the break!

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  2. 3.63 on General Happiness - unclear what that actually means but working my way through the battery of 'tests'. What's the right answer?

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