[Article] “How to identify your personal strengths” by Benjamin Todd

The best advice we’ve found on identifying your strengths, turned into a 3-step process, plus a list of personal strengths used by researchers.

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Outline:

(03:06) How to identify your personal strengths? A summary

(05:04) How to use the full process

(05:41) What are strengths?

(06:53) 1. Gather data

(07:05) Look for bright spots in your work history compared to those with similar experience

(08:31) If there's time, collect extra feedback

(10:09) 2. Reflect on these questions and prompts

(10:29) What doesn’t feel like work (but is)?

(11:48) What do you find most energising? (‘Energy audit’)

(12:37) Look for patterns based on many categories

(13:22) What's my most useful career capital?

(14:17) Where do you feel most determined?

(14:54) What might be a compounding edge?

(15:46) What unusual combinations can you make?

(17:28) 3. Review these lists of personal strengths

(18:30) Work skills

(25:41) Personality traits

(28:35) Cognitive abilities

(29:48) Physical traits

(30:09) Signature strengths and character

(33:04) Work interests

(35:35) Case study: Myself

(39:08) Apply this idea

(39:39) Read next

The original text contained 5 footnotes which were omitted from this narration.

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First published:
March 9th, 2021

Source:
https://80000hours.org/articles/personal-strengths

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