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Recently, I noticed something that might seem obvious. When we get to be ourselves, we tend to be happy. This struck me after I coached two clients back-to-back. The first client is doing work she loves that really engage all of her strengths doing work she is passionate about. The second client is doing too […] Yesterday as I was preparing my fruit for breakfast, I took a spontaneous detour. I like my fruit room temperature (Individualization and Empathy toward myself) and I’d forgotten to take cuties out the fridge. So I peeled a cold one and decided I wanted it warmer before I ate it. I started laying out the […] I made a big financial business mistake last year. I joined a program to teach me THE system for developing my own program without taking the time to understand the fine print and without noticing that several aspects of the program didn’t fit my values. My Activator strength in its raw form has taken me […] Recently, one of my coaching colleagues asked me about my observation of StrengthsFinder strengths that seem to have tremendous potential to both wreak havoc or make a huge contribution. It was so much fun to share with her that I thought you might like to know – particularly if you have one, or more, of […] I’m in the middle of reading Strengths Based Marriage by Jimmy Evans and Allan Kelsey. The subtitle, Build a Stronger Relationship by Understanding Each Other’s Gifts, is an understatement. In my own relationships and in working with many couples around their relationships and each of their StrengthsFinder strengths, I’ve found a profoundly deeper level […] “A fish cannot drown in water. A bird does not fall in air. Each creature God made must live in its own true nature.” ~ Mechthild of Magdeburg For us humans, we are the only species that has the joy and the burden of discovering, remembering, our own specific true nature. We each have free […] Confident Vulnerability changed my life. I learned this empowering way of being in my advanced StrengthsFinder training a couple of years ago. Thank you DeAnna Murphy of Strengths Strategy! Confident Vulnerability looks like this. I know what I am. I know what I’m not. I’m comfortable, confident and non-judgmental with and embrace both. I am […] For years I’ve been curious about the brilliance, the genius, specific to each of us in our own unique combination of top StrengthsFinder strengths. I’ve occasionally glimpsed mine. I’ve often articulated to my clients pieces and parts of theirs. Not until recently did I realize how many clues can be found in one of the […] I’m on the second day of a 40-day meditation for greater awareness of faith. What struck me this morning: how amazingly precisely things Organize and Align in my life without me doing it. For example: many people don’t know that I chose my last name, Strong, in 1991. I was getting married for the second […] Last week, one of my colleagues told me that learning his top 5 StrengthsFinder strengths changed the trajectory of his life. This after I had encouraged him to take the StrengthsFinder assessment when he had shared some frustrations about his job. Wow, he caught my attention, and I couldn’t wait to find out what he […] |
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