Living in the Virtue of Your Strengths

The focus of this episode is… Focus. People with the talent of Focus are motivated by pinpoint accuracy. They are intensely and intentionally single-minded. These people bring clarity through concentration and direction. They love to begin with an end in mind and to take on one goal at a time. 🔎 The Focus talent falls in the Executor domain because of the desire to achieve results. This person is...

Visionaries, hold on to your seats! In this episode, we look at the Futuristic talent. People with this talent are fascinated with tomorrow. They anticipate or imagine what could or should be, forecasting what might happen in the foreseen future. 🔮 They hate contentment and the status quo because they want to get beyond the current way of doing things. They are always looking at possibilities and...

Winning Others Over (Woo) is often called the chameleon strength. If you have the Woo talent, you are socially fast and outgoing. You contribute energy to social situations and love meeting new people.  You love the challenge of making connections, breaking the ice, and getting people to like you. Woo falls under the Influencer domain. Someone with this talent is great to have on a sales team or g...

Do you enjoy the process of learning? In this episode, we focus our discussion on the Learner talent! Those with learning as a strength constantly enjoy exposure to new information and experiences. They love to live on the frontier of knowledge, following things that interest them. Sound like you? Tune in to learn something new! ____________________ ► GET THE DAILY SEVEN JOURNAL! This interactive...

Do you believe everything happens for a reason? If so, this talent may be yours. In this episode, we focus our discussion on the talent of Connectedness! Those with connectedness as a strength often bring an appreciation for the mystery and wonder of life and creation. They have a desire to be part of something bigger than themselves, whether that’s a team, a family, an organization, a global comm...

The Input talent has the makings of a subject-matter expert, or the jack-of-all-trades, but master-of-none. Those with input as a strength often bring tangible tools to a team that can facilitate growth and performance. They love providing relevant help. Think about the person you know who is like a utilitarian resource center. Sound like you or someone you know? Tune in to learn how to focus inpu...

In this episode, we focus our discussion on the talent of Achiever! Those with achiever as a strength set the pace for production on a team. They love completing tasks and value being a hard worker. Often, they may struggle with valuing work over people. Sound like you or someone you know? Tune in how to live the strength of achiever virtuously instead of viciously! ____________________ ► GET THE...

All our feelers… you’ll FEEL very seen in this episode, as we focus our discussion on the talent of Empathy! Those with empathy as a strength are motivated by holding or making space for another’s emotion. They contribute emotional intelligence to a team because they are free and value communicating and expressing the full range of human emotions. Some vices include struggling with codependency or...

Welcome back to Living In the Virtue of Your Strengths. In this podcast, we explore the different Clifton strengths and focus on how we can live out these strengths and offer our talents in a way that is gift. In today's episode, we explore the first of the signature themes — the Activator Talent. Activators need more action, and less discussion. They love initiation and instigation, and they...

Finally, we turn our attention to the people who like attention the most--those who lead with Influencer talents! These people can be the fire-starters in the group, and just like fire can be both productive and destructive, so can the influencer themes. So what does it take to harness the creative and igniting power of the Influencer Domain? Tune in and find out! ____________________ ► GET THE DA...

The 34 CliftonStrengths themes sort into four domains. Today's episode spotlights the Executor Domain. Think of the people who can take an idea and make it a reality. The people who will work tirelessly to accomplish a goal. Join the discussion as we explore what drives the Executor Domain, where these talents can go off the rails, and how we can live in the virtuous contributions of this dom...

What are the drivers and motivations that distinguish Strategic Thinking talents from the other domains? This episode will help you understand how to better tame and aim your talents in the Strategic Thinking domain. ____________________ ► GET THE DAILY SEVEN JOURNAL! This interactive journal will help you transform your life from the inside out by teaching you how to grow in gratitude, set health...

What are the drivers and motivations that distinguish the Relationship talents from the other domains? This episode will help you understand how to better tame and aim your talents in the Relationship domain. ____________________ ► GET THE DAILY SEVEN JOURNAL! This interactive journal will help you transform your life from the inside out by teaching you how to grow in gratitude, set healthy goals,...

Start your journey with the Living in the Virtues of Your Strengths Podcast here! What does it mean to live in the virtue of your strengths? This podcast lays the foundation of Catholic anthropology and Pope St. John Paul II's Personalism to help frame our ethical conversation following episodes around living our strengths virtuously.  ____________________ ► GET THE DAILY SEVEN JOURNAL! This...