Identifying Your Strengths with StrengthsFinder
I’m a big fan of identifying my own personality traits and figuring out how to leverage them. One of my favorite resources for this is Canon EOS 60D
The book starts with some information about how the strengths were developed and why focus on strengths at all. The thing I like the most about the Strengths Finder approach is that it doesn’t dwell on your weaknesses. Your characteristics are framed as strengths and there are suggestions for how to cultivate them. The book then describes all 34 strengths in detail, with the description of it, an example of a person with that strength, some action ideas for cultivating the strength, and some tips on working with people with that strength.
When you buy the book, you get an access code to the online test which will tell you your top five strengths.
My strengths:
1. Learner – Basically, I love to learn and am more interested in the process of learning something than becoming an expert. I will pick up new hobbies all the time just to learn something new (like photography, or calligraphy, or setting up a blog).
2. Analytical – Basically, I love data and statistics and evidence. I tend to look for patterns and themes. Sometimes people may think I’m being skeptical when I’m looking for logical explanations.
3. Competition – This one is exactly how it sounds. Sometimes I get caught up comparing myself to others. I have to be careful because this can lead to doom. If I spend too much time thinking about how I may never get to the same level as others, I might not even start.
4. Input – I’m an inquisitive collector. Combined with my first strength, it means I tend to collect information and skills. I have a tendency to clear out entire Dewey decimal shelves at the library so that I’ll have collected and archived all the information from a particular genre. I also collect hobbies like nobody’s business.
5. Significance – This is where I want to have an impact in the world. (Hence the blog where I share stuff and hope to impact someone). It’s that desire to be recognized and be exceptional.
Have you taken the Strengths Finder test before? What are your top strengths?
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Resource of the Week: Mayi’s 5K Sales in 365 Days
I’ve been following Mayi Carles on Instagram and on her blog ever since she was a guest on April Bowles-Olin’s CreativeLive course. Mayi’s blog has a ton of awesomely illustrated printables and wisdom for kicking ass.
Recently, Mayi posted about the cycle of an idea, which totally resonated with me because I get a lot of ideas, but never quite execute them to the point of world domination. At the bottom of this post though, she had a blurb about a product that I hadn’t seen before. My first thought was “What?!? There’s something else she’s offering that I haven’t bought yet??” (I had already bought the Life Is Messy Planner Pack and enrolled in her joint venture course with April, Connecting the Gaps.)
So what was this product that I missed…? It’s an eguide for how to create best-sellers in your pajamas. Pajamas? Now you’ve really got my attention. So I click over to the sales page, and it’s a guide for creating, marketing, and selling your digital products. (and this is the first time I’m saying this publicly, I’ve got a few digital products in mind, so this guide was very timely for me)
I didn’t wait long before clicking the button to buy (maybe an hour? hour and a half, tops) and printing out my very own copy. And gosh darn it, it’s just as cute and helpful as she says it is. I totally can hear her voice reading it to me, as I read it.
I finished reading it in 3 days, and I still need to go back through and mull over all the assignments and prompts to get my ideas out of my head (or scrap papers lying on my desk) and off the ground and into the world.
If you’re thinking about launching digital products, or spicing up your current offerings, check out what Mayi has to say about it. She even has a sample chapter up on the site.
Links to Mayi’s sales page are affiliate, which means that if you make a purchase, I’ll receive a portion of the proceeds. Opinions are totally mine. You may not know me yet, but I’m pretty frugal, so if I bought a copy myself, it’s totally worth it.
Who’s Olive?
Hi, I'm Olivia, aka Olive. I'm always trying out random crafts and things... so this blog shows the evolution of all the stuff I'm interested in.
Hobby Timeline:
2014-2015: Photography, digital scrapbooking
2015-2017: Brush lettering
2018-2021: Crochet
2021-present: Romance book reading
