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Increase self-awareness by identifying your strengths
• Research by Christopher Peterson and his team shows that using your strengths in
new ways every day for a week increases happiness and decreases depression.
• Harter et al. found that those who get to do what they do best at work on a daily
basis have increased loyalty, retention, and productivity.
Create “THE LIST”
• Creating “THE LIST” may be useful in helping you figure out your next step. It
can help you reconnect with activities and general pursuits that you've always
loved to do, but which may have disappeared in the hustle and bustle of life.
• To develop THE LIST, set aside some time to reflect on all of the things you've
loved to do throughout your life. You will start to see patterns throughout your life
when you felt great joy performing an activity or impacted someone's life because
of the unique talents you bring to the table.
• Do more of the activities on THE LIST!
Build self-efficacy
• In the children's topic
The Little Engine that Could
, the phrase the engine kept
saying was, “I think I can, I think I can.” That is self-efficacy - your ability to
believe you can accomplish what you want to accomplish.
• The tendency to remember and only dwell on the times when you've failed or done
less than your best often thwarts your ability to remember what you've
accomplished in life.
• To build your self-efficacy, keep a journal of “wins.”
• Write down all of the times in your life when you have exceeded
expectations, accomplished tough goals, and were in control of your life.
• Review this list often and keep adding to it.
• Encourage your kids to start building their list now.
• Don't be afraid to start small. Small victories create momentum which is a great
foundation from which to succeed at more complicated tasks.
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