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You Have Strengths

You have strengths. Pick one.

Don’t deliberate about it.  Take one that immediately comes to mind…

          Your intuition
                    Your wit
                             Your ability to cut through the clutter
                                      Your organization
                                                Your calm in the midst of chaos
                                                          Your spirituality
                                                                    Your tenacity
                                                                             Your facility with words
                                                                                      You know a great one…

 

Got it?  Write it here: ______________________________________.

Thinking about it, complete these sentences:

  1. I rely on this strength when __________________________.

  2. A situation where I could apply it now is ________________.

  3. The benefit in employing it here is _____________________.

  4. I could put this into operation by _____________________.

  5. Once I use it. I will feel ______________________________.

Now do it.

Your strengths are not yours to hoard.  You have them because you can do good things – even great things – for others:  start a miracle, lift a spirit, solve a problem, soothe a pain, begin a landslide of positive change.  Your rewards will be many – and you’ll feel a lot better than you do right now.

Go on.  Do it!

You have just experienced a Bright Moment.

Wrisë D. Booker is president of Reid Dugger Consulting Group, a management consulting firm focused on leadership, mentoring, diversity, motivation and executive coaching. For further information, call 714.736.9600.