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Building Your Strengths Building Your Strengths Building Your Strengths Building Your Strengths

Building Your Strengths - Harper College · 2017-12-12 · Discover your talents! yGallup has developed an online StrengthsFinder assessment that identifies your primary talents

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Page 1: Building Your Strengths - Harper College · 2017-12-12 · Discover your talents! yGallup has developed an online StrengthsFinder assessment that identifies your primary talents

Building Your StrengthsBuilding Your StrengthsBuilding Your StrengthsBuilding Your Strengths

Page 2: Building Your Strengths - Harper College · 2017-12-12 · Discover your talents! yGallup has developed an online StrengthsFinder assessment that identifies your primary talents

What’s right with you?What’s right with you?The strengths approach g ppgrew from a relatively new field of research called Positive Psychology.Rather than focusing on what is wrong with what is wrong with ourselves (deficiencies, abnormalities), Positive Psychology focuses on Psychology focuses on the positive and the normal.

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Positive PsychologyPositive PsychologyOptimism, positive p , pemotions, spirituality, happiness, satisfaction, personal development  personal development, and well‐being are some of the current topics in hi  fi ldthis field.Positive psychologists focus on maintaining or focus on maintaining or enhancing successful function.

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Models of successModels of successThe Gallup corporation e Ga up co po at oconducted three decades of research i h      illi  with over 2 million 

successful individuals in a variety of in a variety of professions around the world.This revealed 3 key characteristics of high achieversachievers.

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Gallup Research: Three Ch i i f Hi h A hiCharacteristics of High Achievers:

They spend most of their time in their areas of strength.They focus on developing and applying their strengths while managing their weaknesses.h d lThey do not necessarily 

have more talents than other people, but they have de eloped their capabilities developed their capabilities more fully and have learned to apply them to new situationssituations.

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Talents the building blocksTalents – the building blocksEach of us has a unique ac o us as a u queset of talents which allow us to achieve and 

dsucceed.Awareness of our personal talents allows personal talents allows us to develop and apply these talents towards self‐satisfaction and excellence in our studies and workstudies and work.

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Strengths: developed talentsStrengths: developed talentsA strength is produced st e gt s p oducedwhen talents are refined with knowledge 

d  kill (Clif   d and skill (Clifton and Anderson, 2002).Becoming aware of Becoming aware of your talents builds confidence and provides a basis for developing them into strengthsstrengths.

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B fit f d l i t thBenefits of developing strengthsLearning how to ea g o todevelop and apply strengths will improve 

 l l   f your levels of achievement/success.Awareness of strengths Awareness of strengths can help you make wise decisions about majors/careers to pursue.

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Strengths and other factorsStrengths and other factorsOur family, culture, Our family, culture, and/or society may influence how we experience our talents/strengths and th   t t t   hi h the extent to which we feel free to express themthem.

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You at your bestYou at your bestTo begin identifying your talents, think about something you achieved within the l   i   h       i  i    lif   h  last six months, or a time in your life when you were “in the zone” or performing at your best   What were you doing?  How did it best.  What were you doing?  How did it feel?Now identify your natural abilities that Now identify your natural abilities that helped you perform at a high level – these are your talentsare your talents.

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Id tif i t l t i d iId tif i t l t i d iIdentifying talents in academicsIdentifying talents in academicsA subject you learn with 

    fl t t l t  ease may reflect talents (e.g. history, psychology, math, chemistry, anthropology, etc.).p gy, )An activity you do with ease may also reveal talents (e.g. library research, studying f    t ki   bj ti  for exams, taking objective exams, conducting scientific investigations, working with peers in study g p ygroups or on group projects, making oral presentations, etc.).

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Discover your talents!Gallup has developed an online StrengthsFinderassessment that identifies your primary talents.I   k   l     i     lIt takes only 30‐40 minutes to complete.You’ll receive a report describing your top 5 talents, suggestions on how to develop and apply them as suggestions on how to develop and apply them as strengths, and access to an online book on strengths.Harper students may obtain a free access code and Harper students may obtain a free access code and instructions for taking the assessment by calling 847‐925‐6393 and mentioning this online presentation.

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Where do I go from here?Where do I go from here?Take StrengthsFinder.gCall 847‐925‐6393 to make an appointment with a counselor in any yof the Student Development Centers on campus to explore p pways of developing and applying your strengths toward greater success.gWe look forward to hearing from you!

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Your feedback is importantYour feedback is important

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http://harpercollege.wufoo.com/forms/p7w2w7

Thank you!