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Last time I wrote about the 4 signs of your strengths. 4 indicators (Success, Instinct, Growth and Need) are really great clues to help you discover your areas of strength. You can read the full article here.
Why do I talk about Strengths so much, you might ask?
Thing is... when we can use our strengths in our daily life, we have much more fun and ease. We feel positive and "engaged" in what we're doing. Time flies, we have energy even when we've been busy with our tasks for hours. We feel inspired and motivated and happy - and we're at our most creative when we use our strengths.
Recently, my dear friend and colleague here in London, Simon Berkowitz and I, had a conversation about strengths. He's a fabulous acupuncturist and creative stress management specialist, and it turns out he's also an excellent interviewer! He offers free "SpeakEasy" groups and you can see more about his work on his FB
page.
Some of the topics we discussed:
- What is the Clifton StrengthsFinder?
- Why I LOVE using this tool, and how it can help you to stop the unhealthy "comparing" game
- Why it's so unfair to ourselves to keep comparing
- Does it not put you in another box?
- How it can help you to see your uniqueness - and some stats to prove it
- Childhood patterns and inner conflicts that can be set up when your parents' strengths are opposite to your own
- Why it's hard to change your weaknesses into strengths (the answer lies in your neural networks)
- The labels you might've received as a child... and how to turn them around with knowledge of your strengths (some personal bits there about my own labels)
- A beautiful touching quote that makes me teary every time I read it
- How to discover your own strengths
It's just over 28 minutes long.
What questions do you have about your own strengths? Feel free to send me a message or reply to this email. I love hearing from you!
If you prefer reading articles:
Two short articles I recently wrote, about strong emotions, what to do with the darn things, and what to expect if we're not willing to take action.
Waves of strong emotion can feel very uncomfortable.
Most of us are taught to suppress them, hide them, deny them – in case someone thinks we’re weak.
Many of the clients I see and support to finally start feeling their feelings, have been denying, suppressing, ignoring all that discomfort…. Not because they’re “bad” people, but simply because of programming.
Things happen for all of us, like Mom or Dad who says “Just stop crying!” when they (the parent) is having a hard day.
Read the rest here.
No Actions = No Results
“You may never know what results come of your action, but if you do nothing there will be no result.” – Mahatma Gandhi (1869 – 1948), Indian philosopher
This is something I need to remind my own self of, so often. And I find my clients benefit from this reminder too.
Introverts are often stopped by their concerns. Some of their concerns are:
- They don’t want to be visible, “out there”, or seen.
- They want to do things “perfectly”, and want to know that their actions will lead to “perfect” results…
And with that, dear , it's a warm wave goodbye till next time. I do love hearing from you - so even if you have a quick thought or answer, please do click "reply".
With kindness and warmth,
Hi, I'm Liesel!
I'm a sensitive introvert who loves supporting sensitive souls to thrive. Together we'll work through your fears, concerns and emotional blocks, and show you how to make the most of your strengths for authentic confidence. There's a variety of ways we can work together. If you have questions, please feel free to reply to this email.
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