The science of strengths

Your highest strengths are natural happiness boosters.

The VIA Institute on Character

Finding and using your authentic strengths

This is a chat with a rescue dog who just returned from a long day of running, sniffing and saving lives.

You must be exhausted? we ask.
Just the opposite, she replies. I was the real me, the real Matilda. Those ten hours felt like ten minutes. It was easy, I feel fresh and energized. My dog life has meaning and I’d love to do this more often.
Are you going to finish that sandwich? she adds with sparkly eyes.

Just like Matilda, you can tell if one of your authentic strengths is kindness, leadership or curiosity, simply by the way you feel when you use them. The signs to look for are that you don’t have to pretend and you don’t feel drained. Using such strengths for the benefit of something greater than yourself will infuse your life with meaning.

Many people find joy in developing their middle strengths, or even their lesser ones, not only their top ones. It’s about playing and discovering.

Sounds like something you recognize and would like to experience? Then head over to the Look at You! clothing line where a quiz is waiting for you.

For children, we have a clothing line and a quiz just for you.

Become yourself. “Finding the one true note that you’re destined to sing” will bring you to “the only place in your life where you have no competition.”

How it works. An overview of the science of strengths.

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