Genius and Beauty of Strengths

As CEO, Executive, Entrepreneur, Director, Manager you may know your top five strengths but you also need to understand the unique geuius and beauty of all 34 strengths so you can harness the full potential of your team.

PLUG Your Leaks: Part 2

There is always a tug a war going on between our weaknesses and our strengths, as well as a tug of war between not over working IN our business and neglecting to work ON our business. If you have experienced a battle on your leadership team, business, or company and you want to build a [...]

Plug Your LEAKS

There is always a tug a war going on between our weaknesses and our strengths, as well as a tug a war between not over working IN our business and neglecting to work ON our business. Today we will focus on weaknesses and how to plug your LEAKS. Maybe you think the strengths approach is [...]

HOIST Your Sails

Each of our top 5 signature strengths are like a SAIL that create momentum in life and business. S: Success A: Authentic I: Invigorating L: Love Today’s article will give you 5 ideas to HOIST those strengths into the air so you can sail toward your dreams. H: Hear What do your family, friends, and [...]

SAIL Towards Momentum

Our top 5 signature strengths are like a SAIL that create momentum in life and business. S: Success A: Authentic I: Invigorating L: Love S: Success Ask yourself what successes have you had in your past or present life–any prizes or awards that you have been given are indicators of strengths? Maybe you won the [...]

Winning at the Game of Life

What does it take to be a good poker player? That’s the question I asked my workshop attendees. The responses were: Get a lucky hand Know when to hold and when to fold Know how to bluff Just like poker, each of us is dealt a metaphorical hand at birth. You have been given a [...]

Celebrate Strengths

Our second key to holding onto happiness is to celebrate strengths. Each of you were born with your own set of signature strengths. You already have your own brilliance and greatness inside of you. Self help guru Brian Tracy says, “Life is like a combination lock; when you get the right numbers in the right [...]

Locked Out of Success?

Can you remember a time you lost your keys? What did it feel like to be locked out? How did you feel when you found your keys? When I attended college–back when we wrote on stone tablets and drew pictures on cave walls–I was infamous for locking my keys in my car. You know what [...]

Find Your Strengths

One man I know answered this question, “procrastination, making messes, and drinking beer.”  Ha! I’ve discovered that many people do not have self understanding or the language to describe their strengths. In fact, many times they communicate what their weaknesses are rather than their strengths. The Strengths Finder 2.0 assessment created by the late Donald [...]

Are You On the Move?

How do you motivate yourself? The words “emotion” and “motivation” both come from the Latin root meaning “to move.”  The two most basic motivational drives that bring people into life coaching are moving away from pain and moving toward pleasure. Pain is experienced physiologically in our brain and bodies. This emotional experience creates motivation to [...]

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