When we say that a strength is energising, we mean…

• When people use their strengths, they feel as if they have more energy available to them
  
  
• This does not mean that you can use the strength forever and not need to rest, but it does mean that your recovery will be faster and you won’t burnout when you are using strengths 
  
  
• People who reported using their strengths more also report having higher levels of vitality, that is, a sense of energy and zest for life
  
  
• Using strengths seems to be able to recharge people as they are using them, perhaps working in the same way as an alternator does in your car engine, recharging the battery as the engine operates
  
  
• Of course our energy will deplete eventually but it will take longer than when we are working from our weaknesses, when the burnout and energy loss will be faster and more severe