[Article] “How to identify your personal strengths” by Benjamin Todd

The best advice we’ve found on identifying your strengths, turned into a 3-step process, plus a list of personal strengths used by researchers. Narrated by AI. ---Outline:(03:06) How to identify your personal strengths? A summary(05:04) How to use the full process(05:41) What are strengths?(06:53) 1. Gather data(07:05) Look for bright spots in your work history compared to those with similar experience(08:31) If there's time, collect extra feedback(10:09) 2. Reflect on these questions and prompts(10:29) What doesn’t feel like work (but is)?(11:48) What do you find most energising? (‘Energy audit’)(12:37) Look for patterns based on many categories(13:22) What's my most useful career capital?(14:17) Where do you feel most determined?(14:54) What might be a compounding edge?(15:46) What unusual combinations can you make?(17:28) 3. Review these lists of personal strengths(18:30) Work skills(25:41) Personality traits(28:35) Cognitive abilities(29:48) Physical traits(30:09) Signature strengths and character(33:04) Work interests(35:35) Case study: Myself(39:08) Apply this idea(39:39) Read next The original text contained 5 footnotes which were omitted from this narration. --- First published: March 9th, 2021 Source: https://80000hours.org/articles/personal-strengths --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.