What is personal and professional strength?

Answer 1

A prominent research psychologist named Christopher Peterson spent 3 years studying people's personal strengths. He wrote a book about it with former APA president Martin Seligman called "Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification." The famous Harvard professor Howard Gardner called it "one of the most important initiatives in psychology of the past half century." Psychology had already spent over 90% of its focus on weaknesses. And it turns out that except in cases of weaknesses so severe you can't function, it's better to focus on your strengths. Basically, they found that personal strengths are pretty universal, and this is true whether you look at different cultures or different times in history. They identified 24 strengths like this. For a complete list with descriptions of each, go to the "List of personal strengths" page in the "Related Links" section below, or do a Google search for "list of personal strengths, psychology research". When you look over the list, try to identify several strengths that sound like they're YOU. Then think of ways you can put these strengths into practice in your everyday life. Make a concrete list of things to do, and then do them. This has been shown to help make people lastingly happier. If you're willing to spend a couple hours doing this in more depth, psychologists have created a survey that will identify your strengths for you using validated scientific methods. Go to the "Authentic Happiness: Using the new Positive Psychology" page in the "Related Links" section below, or do a Google search for "VIA strengths survey". It's on the University of Pennsylvania web site. Registration is free and you won't get any junk mail. (The site is run by Ivy League research psychologists.) You can even go back later and take the survey again and compare to your saved result from before. Be happier by building on your strengths!

Answer 2

A personal and professional strength refers to a personality trait that positively influences one's life. Strong organizational skills is an example of a personal and professional strength.