Objective:
Get the big picture of the entire Strengths-focused Identity Practice.
In these videos:
- When we articulate we express vague mental concepts in language
- Objective strengths are limited, based on averages and other people’s values
- By contrast, subjective strengths are unlimited and based on personal values
- Jennifer shares an example from high school to illustrate the difference between subjective and objective strengths
- In video 2, below, is a preview of the advanced practice which you can find in the Learn the Practice drop down menu
- The practice becomes an ongoing, new way of thinking
Key Takeaway
Subjective strengths are better than grades at predicting what areas we will continue to be interested in, joyfully invest in, and improve in throughout our lives.
| Notes on Practice |
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| When you consciously choose the words you repeat to yourself, they gain a feeling of being truly who you are. When you develop a solid sense of your strengths, you can feel confident even when others criticize you. You aren’t a victim of the faulty opinions of other people anymore. |
An Overview of the SfI-Practice Section Two
The data you collect about your best self by repeatedly doing steps 1 and 2 will later be organized and elaborated on.
| Notes on Practice |
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| Elaborating on your positive identity drives it deeper into your sense of who you are. Eventually, all of that positive content you have been reinforcing begins to shape your experience from within. You find yourself in more and more opportunities to use the best parts of who you are. |
“Subjective strengths are the strengths that only you define in your own words, in your own way. And they’re the most important ones because you’re talking to yourself a lot of the time. And when you talk to yourself, you have a meaning for certain strengths and they might be different from what other people think.”
Jerald Forster