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Activities that are all appetite, no ability are hobbies. You might feel drawn to these activities.  You might even grow from them and feel good afterward.  But if you are not successful or effective, they are hobbies, not strengths. If you recognize the difference, you can move on to explore finding your strengths. You can still make time for your hobbies, but the key is to keep exploring your abilities until you find your true strengths.  That’s how you go from good to great. In Go …

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When an organization says people are its greatest asset, what they really means is their people’s strengths are their greatest asset.  When you focus on strengths you get the best results, whether its an individual, a team or an organization. If you focus on weaknesses, you bring yourself down, the team down and the organization down. If you’re not spending your time in your strengths, you’re not doing justice to yourself, your team or your organization. Your strengths are the organization’s most important assets. Your strengths …

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What’s right with you?  If somebody asks you, what’s wrong with you, you might have a quick list of weaknesses you can rattle off.  But if they ask what’s right with you, can you rattle off a list of your strengths?  Chances are, you might have a fuzzy idea about your strengths, but you might not have a label for them.  In Go Put Your Strengths to Work: 6 Powerful Steps to Achieve Outstanding Performance, Marcus Buckingham writes about labeling what is right with things.    
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