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Over the past couple of weeks we’ve been talking about strengths.  This is the final post in a 5-part evaluation of Strengths. Strengths are the combination of Energy, Talents and Passions. But strengths without achievement are nothing.  Achievement, significant, material, long lasting, world-changing achievements seem to always result from the application of strengths.

Therefore I suggest the following formula for achievement: [click to continue…]

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This is part 4 of the series on Strengths.  We talked about how your strengths can be identified by three questions:

  1. Energy – What energizes you?
  2. Talent – What gifting or abilities do you have?
  3. Passion – About what do you truly care?

How strong is your passion?

There are things about us that no one else knows.  There are places inside us where thoughts and actions happen.  Beliefs appear and disappear.  Some of this is influenced by outside forces — just look at the prevailing opinions about smoking in the last generation.  People used to think smoking was cool.  Old movies are filled with cool stars lighting up cigarettes.  So prevailing opinion has an input into the inner convictions we have. [click to continue…]

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Talent

The Natural – Your Talents Point To Your Strengths

September 1, 2009

Everyone is “a natural” at something.  Think about it.  I’m sure you know someone who is naturally gifted, endowed with more of a particular talent.   If you’re like me, sometimes you get tempted to envy them.  But you’re a natural at some things, too! In Strengths Finder 2.0 [1]  Tom Rath used the 34 “themes” [...]

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