Centre for Applied Positive Psychology :: The research and practice of positive psychology in the areas of work, education, and health

A Question?

Do you know your own strengths?
How much do you get to use them?
Do the people around you at home and work know their strengths?
How much do they get to use them?

In one of the most significant scientific discoveries of recent years, research has shown that your answers to these questions may predict how happy, productive and fulfilled you will be.

What could this mean for you?
What could this mean for your family or for your organisation?

What are Strengths?

A strength is a pre-existing capacity for a particular way of behaving, thinking, or feeling that is authentic and energising to the user, and enables optimal functioning, development and performance.

What do we mean when we say:

A strength is a pre-existing capacity ?

A strength is authentic ?

A strengths is energising ?

A strength enables optimal functioning, development and performance ?