Course Description
When you understand your own personal strengths, it can improve your well-being by giving you an advantage in your daily life. Very rarely are you ever truly “in control” of what’s going on around you. You can only control your own decisions and responses. But when you fully understand your strengths, you can learn how to make them shine in the eyes of other people. By cultivating your personal strengths, you can feel more confident in your decision-making. This can help you achieve goals more quickly.
In this course about Personal Strengths and Well-Being, you will understand how finding and understanding your personal strengths can affect your well-being. You will learn how to identify your personal strengths and values, explore ways to leverage your personal strengths to improve your work/life balance, and learn how improving your personal strengths can help you feel more in control of your personal and professional life.
What You'll Learn
- Define what personal strengths are
- Identify your personal strengths and values through self-assessment
- Explore how strengths, personality, and well-being are related
- Leverage your personal strengths while minimizing weaknesses
- Discover how understanding your strengths affects your personal and professional life
- Learn what is within your control and what is not
Key Takeaways
- Understanding your personal strengths can improve your well-being and give you an advantage in daily life.
- You can only control your own decisions and responses, not everything going on around you.
- Cultivating your personal strengths can help you feel more confident in your decision-making and achieve goals more quickly.
- Personal strengths, personality, and well-being are interconnected.
- Self-assessment is valuable for finding and understanding your strengths and values.
Frequently Asked Questions
What will I learn in this course?
You will learn how to define personal strengths, identify your personal strengths and values, explore how strengths, personality, and well-being are related, leverage your strengths to improve your work/life balance, and understand the value of self-assessment.
How can understanding my personal strengths help me?
Understanding your personal strengths can improve your well-being, help you feel more confident in your decision-making, allow you to achieve goals more quickly, and help you feel more in control of your personal and professional life.
What topics are covered in this course?
The course covers an introduction; personal strengths, personality, and well-being; assessing your strengths and values; finding your talents and personality; leveraging strengths and minimizing weaknesses; and learning what is in your control, followed by a knowledge test.
Does this course explain what I can and cannot control?
Yes. The course teaches that you can only control your own decisions and responses, and includes a lesson on learning what is in your control.
