Strengths and virtues



We all have our strengths.  Have you ever been asked to talk about your strengths or wondered what your strengths are?  With the shift in psychology to a more positive framework a lot of work has been done to identify what these strengths are.  Gathering information form an incredibly diverse range of cultures and nations and created a collection of 24 virtues within those virtues which they have broken down into strengths. Scholars found that we all possess all 24 of these strengths only at a different degree.  These 24 character strengths then fall into one of the 6 broader virtues which are common across nations and cultures.

Imagine the sheer number of strength combinations that are out there.  The number of potential combinations will exceed the number of people on the earth.

While we all possess the 24 character strengths they can be ranked from 1 to 24, this is not to say that those that fall closer to 24 are a weakness, they may be aspects of yourself that just don't come naturally. The Power of understanding our personal combination of strengths for most, means we can begin to work to our strengths,  even strengthen those which don't come naturally can be supported by applying just a little bit of effort.

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