Workshop 1 - Character Strengths (Worksheet) PDF

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Workshop 1 - Character Strengths (Worksheet)

Survey Link Definition: "Psychological ingredients, that drive our behaviour and motivation; they affect how we think and feel and when activated, we feel authentic and engaged.”

What are your Top 5 character strengths? 1. Honesty 2. Humor 3. Social Intelligence 4. Kindness 5. Love

24 character strengths

ACTIVITY #1 Think of 1-2 activities you do every day in work. (e.g attend meetings, researching). What character strength could you use to make the activity more meaningful? 1. 2. 3.

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Workshop 1 - Character Strengths (Worksheet)

RMIT Classification: Trusted

Workshop 1 - Character Strengths (Worksheet)

ACTIVITY #2 Identify a character strength in someone you know (partner, family, colleague) and write about a recent incident in which they displayed it.

ACTIVITY #3 Choose an area from the wheel of life (below). Create a list of steps (SMART goals) which will lead you towards this. How can one of your signature strengths help you achieve them? Goal(s)

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How can you use your strength exactly?

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Workshop 1 - Character Strengths (Worksheet)

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Why am I doing this? How could I make this more fun? How might I do it differently today? Have I felt like this before? What triggered my demotivation this time? What were my obstacles today? Will it make me happy? Will I feel guilty later?

How was the VIA Classification of Character Strengths and Virtues developed? What are the 6 virtues and what are the 24 character strengths? Led by Christopher Peterson, Ph.D., and Martin Seligman, Ph.D., and funded by the Mayerson Foundation, a team of 55 social scientists studied world religions, philosophies and psychology looking for agreed-upon virtues. Examples of classic works studied included:  Taoism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judeo-Christian traditions.  Virtue catalogs, including those by Plato, Aristotle, Confucius, Lao-Tze, Boy Scouts of America, William Bennett, Benjamin Franklin, King Charlemagne, and Merlin.  The work of psychologists including Thorndike, Erikson, Maslow, Greenberger, Jahoda, Ryff, Thurstone, Cawley, Gardner....