Operating In Your Strengths

We all have God-given talents and strengths that make us effective in our daily productivity. Our brains are wired to work in diifferent ways. Some of us are right-brain-oriented (creative, instinctual, experiential), others are left-brain-oriented (logical, analytical), and still others may volley between the two very well. Regardless of where we are, what we do, or how or brains are wired, I believe we should operate from a position of strength. Our society pushes us to improve our weaknesses to make ourselves better. But, how many of us work daily to try to make ourselves better in an area and always end up starting over at zero? I certainly have! Think about where your strengths are, and push yourself a majority of the time to operate in that zone.

What are strengths? There are strengths/talents and there are skills. Skills are things we learn how to do. I have a skill for playing the piano, directing musicians, reading, writing, etc. I have the following strengths: learning, using intellect, ideation, thinking contextually, teaching, perceiving, etc. Skills make up our production (what we do), but strengths make up our conception (who we are). We learn new skills or make or existing skills better almost everyday. We stretch ourselves - we grow. The challenge for us is to continue to operate in our strength zone. Coming back to our strength zone keeps us energized, and keeps us from burning out. I'm currently reevaluating my strength zone using a couple of recommended tools metioned below. Where's your strength zone? Are you operating everyday from strength?

Strengths Finder 2.0 by Tom Rath

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