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Mini-Episode 8#: 19 Important Reasons Why Your Strengths Matter

Mini-Episode 8#: 19 Important Reasons Why Your Strengths Matter

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 [00:00:00] Suzie Price: welcome to this wake up egear workforce podcast many episode where we share in 10 minutes or less our monthly article from LinkedIn in a new audio format courtesy of our AI co host as they walk through the article and share additional insights exclusively for you I am Suzie Price I'm your podcast host and the founder of Priceless Professional Development and whether you're listening to one of our long form episodes or something like this mini episode our focus is always to provide everything to you related to helping employees in your organization build a high commitment low drama wake up eager workforce we're focused on creating great hiring creating great teams helping leaders and individuals wake up eager you can find all of our episodes long form and short form at Wake Up Eagle workforce.com and you can subscribe anywhere that you get your podcasts so let me know if you have any questions if you are enjoying these mini episodes or any of our other episodes or if I can help you in any way you can find me at Susie at priceless professional. com Suzie Price on LinkedIn and of course our contact information if you go to wake up eager workforce.com thanks for tuning in appreciate you very much and go out and have a wake up eager kind of day take care [00:01:23] AI 1 : welcome to the Deep Dive so you sent us this really interesting article all about focusing on strengths and why that well why it matters today we're gonna dig into that source [00:01:35] AI 2 : that's right and our mission really is to unpack it go beyond just a summary we want to get at the core ideas understand the case it's making for why you know using your natural strengths is supposed to be so [00:01:47] AI 1 : critical critical for well being success all of that exactly [00:01:51] AI 2 : according to the research they cite yeah for personal happiness and professional stuff [00:01:55] AI 1 : okay let's get into it then the article starts by defining strengths but maybe not how everyone thinks about them it's not just skills right [00:02:03] AI 2 : right exactly the source is quite specific strengths here are um more than just things you've Learned it talks about preferences innate characteristics like natural inclinations yeah the stuff that feels authentic your unique wiring essentially [00:02:15] AI 1 : ah okay so less about Learned competence more about what feels natural what gives you energy what's really you you got it [00:02:23] AI 2 : it's where talent meets enjoyment basically and the core idea the main premise this article puts forward it's pretty bold actually oh yeah what is it it says knowing and crucially using these strengths daily is essential like fundamental for consistent happiness motivation [00:02:41] AI 1 : and for creating what it calls a wake up eager life [00:02:44] AI 2 : I saw that phrase that's the one wake up eager definitely has appeal doesn't it the opposite of that Sunday night feeling [00:02:50] AI 1 : no definitely so it makes this big claim does it back it up [00:02:53] AI 2 : it does and this is where it gets really interesting it doesn't just assert this it lays out well the outline you saw mentioned 19 specific reasons 19 wow yeah citing research studies Gallup comes up quite a bit yeah it presents a lot of evidence for why this daily focus makes such a difference [00:03:09] AI 1 : okay 19 reasons that's a solid case they're trying to build where does it start what's the first area of impact [00:03:14] AI 2 : it starts inwards looking at the impact on you personally your well being the research cited suggest when you use your strengths every day you're way more likely to feel energized well rested happy even energized and well rested [00:03:28] AI 1 : that alone sounds good [00:03:29] AI 2 : and also more likely to feel respected and proud so it hits on a few different levels [00:03:35] AI 1 : so physical energy emotional state self perception too [00:03:39] AI 2 : covers a lot of ground yeah and it also connects using strengths to experiencing flow you know that state [00:03:47] AI 1 : oh yeah where you just get lost in something [00:03:49] AI 2 : time disappears exactly that absorbed challenge maybe but engaged and you feel this sense of accomplishment being in your element [00:03:57] AI 1 : flow is definitely something people chase after so strengths help you find that more often [00:04:01] AI 2 : according to this source yes yeah and some of the data points are quite striking like individuals using their strengths daily they're reported to be three times more likely to say they have an excellent quality of life [00:04:11] AI 1 : three times just from using strength daily that's that's huge [00:04:15] AI 2 : it really is it kind of elevates the whole idea doesn't it it's not just being good at stuff right it sounds more fundamental yeah the article really emphasizes that tapping into these natural talents increases well ...
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