{"id":4801,"date":"2023-02-17T20:36:31","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T20:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indeedflex.com\/blog\/grow-with-indeed-flex-super-strengths\/"},"modified":"2024-06-07T14:52:50","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T13:52:50","slug":"grow-with-indeed-flex-super-strengths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indeedflex.com\/blog\/for-flexers\/grow-with-indeed-flex-super-strengths\/","title":{"rendered":"Grow with Indeed Flex: Super Strengths"},"content":{"rendered":"

You received a link to this article in your email because you signed up for Grow with Indeed Flex.<\/span><\/i> \u00a0 \u201cDon\u2019t push your weaknesses\u2013 play with your strengths\u201d – Jennifer Lopez<\/b> Understanding your super strengths is a great starting point when considering a squiggly career.. Your super strengths are what you excel in. Whether you\u2019re the best driver, a remarkable mixologist, or a customer service wizard. Your super strengths are the unique combination of talents and qualities that make you great at what you do.\u00a0<\/span> Your super strengths are why people hire you.<\/span> Why Super Strengths Matter<\/b> Discovering and using your super strengths helps you in three ways:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Keeping engaged and motivated.<\/b> When working a job that plays into your super strengths, you\u2019re much more likely to be engaged and motivated.\u00a0 Knowing them can help you find a career that\u2019s a good fit for you. In short, seek out opportunities where you\u2019ll get to use your super strengths, and avoid those where you won\u2019t.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Finding success at work<\/b>. When you\u2019re able to use your super strengths, you can accomplish more in less time with less effort. <\/span>Gallup found<\/span><\/a> that workers who used their super strengths were six times more effective and engaged in their role.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Feeling fulfilled.<\/b> When you know your primary skills and talents, you can focus on building them. You can invest your time and energy in things that are more likely to bring you success and avoid wasted efforts on things that are less likely to add value for you. Developing your super strengths helps you to feel more satisfied, accomplished, and fulfilled in your career.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Strengths or Super Strengths?<\/b> We make the distinction between strengths and super strengths for this important reason; you can be really good at something that you really dislike.\u00a0<\/span> For example, an office worker could be good with spreadsheets, yet at the same time find it joyless and soul crushing\u2013 nothing saps their energy more than having to spend a lot of time on one. While working with spreadsheets, they could be doing all the right things building their skill level; but ultimately they finish feeling demotivated and disengaged thus negatively impacting the remainder of their day.\u00a0<\/span> Your super strengths are the things you excel in that also bring you joy. When you\u2019re applying a super strength, you should feel engaged, passionate, and motivated to use them more.\u00a0<\/span> Nature VS Nurture<\/b> Sometimes we compare ourselves to those more successful than us and worry we\u2019ll never measure up. We might look at somebody else and assume they were born with certain gifts. Why bother trying to succeed? And elements of that might be true\u2013 some people are indeed born with innate abilities to do things much more easily than the rest of us.<\/span> However, your super strengths are a combination of the things that you\u2019re naturally good at, combined with skills and behaviors you develop through your learned experiences. You can develop your super strengths.\u00a0<\/span> Natural Talents + Learned Experiences = Super Strengths<\/span> \u00a0 The 80% Rule<\/b> We all have weaknesses; nobody\u2019s perfect. The more successful among us tend to follow a simple rule:<\/span> Spend 80% of your time making your super strengths stronger and 20% mitigating weaknesses that hold you back.\u00a0<\/span> Peter Drucker, the famous management theorist, said, \u201cYou can\u2019t build performance on weaknesses. You can only build on your strengths.\u201d<\/span> When embarking on self improvement or designing a career, many of us start with a list of negative things about ourselves or things we\u2019d like to improve upon. Being good at everything is impossible. You\u2019ll get more out of the time you invest if you focus on making your super strengths stronger, rather than wasting time focusing on your weaknesses.\u00a0<\/span> Identifying and Developing Your Super Strengths<\/b>\u00a0<\/span> How much time do you spend pondering your super strengths?\u00a0<\/span> If you know what your super strengths are, do you know how to strengthen them?<\/span> After reading this piece, most of us will have some idea what our super strengths might be, but we may struggle to know how to develop them or how to use them to boost our careers.\u00a0<\/span> By exploring the materials below, this module will help you to discover what your super strengths are, how to use them more effectively, and how to share them with others to supercharge your career.<\/span> \u00a0 Recommended Read: <\/span>StandOut 2.0 Assess your strengths, find your edge, win at work – Marcus Buckingham\u00a0<\/span><\/a> Recommended Watch: <\/span>How Our Weaknesses Can Become Our Strengths <\/span><\/a>(10 mins)<\/span> Recommended\u00a0 Listen: <\/span>Understanding Your Strengths with Marcus Buckingham<\/span><\/a> (18 mins)<\/span> \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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    You received a link to this article in your email because you signed up for Grow with Indeed Flex.<\/span><\/i> \u00a0<\/p>\r\n

    \u201cDon\u2019t push your weaknesses\u2013 play with your strengths\u201d - Jennifer Lopez<\/b><\/p>\r\n

    Understanding your super strengths is a great starting point when considering a squiggly career. Your super strengths are what you excel in. Whether you\u2019re the best driver, a remarkable mixologist, or a customer service wizard. Your super strengths are the unique combination of talents and qualities that make you great at what you do.\u00a0<\/span> Your super strengths are why people hire you.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

    Why Super Strengths Matter<\/b><\/p>\r\n

    Discovering and using your super strengths helps you in three ways:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

      \r\n\t
    1. Keeping engaged and motivated.<\/b> When working a job that plays into your super strengths, you\u2019re much more likely to be engaged and motivated.\u00a0 Knowing them can help you find a career that\u2019s a good fit for you. In short, seek out opportunities where you\u2019ll get to use your super strengths, and avoid those where you won\u2019t.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
    2. Finding success at work<\/b>. When you\u2019re able to use your super strengths, you can accomplish more in less time with less effort. <\/span>Gallup found<\/span><\/a> that workers who used their super strengths were six times more effective and engaged in their role.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
    3. Feeling fulfilled.<\/b> When you know your primary skills and talents, you can focus on building them. You can invest your time and energy in things that are more likely to bring you success and avoid wasted efforts on things that are less likely to add value for you. Developing your super strengths helps you to feel more satisfied, accomplished, and fulfilled in your career.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n

      Strengths or Super Strengths?<\/b><\/p>\r\n

      We make the distinction between strengths and super strengths for this important reason; you can be really good at something that you really dislike.\u00a0<\/span> For example, an office worker could be good with spreadsheets, yet at the same time find it joyless and soul crushing\u2013 nothing saps their energy more than having to spend a lot of time on one. While working with spreadsheets, they could be doing all the right things building their skill level; but ultimately they finish feeling demotivated and disengaged thus negatively impacting the remainder of their day.\u00a0<\/span> Your super strengths are the things you excel in that also bring you joy. When you\u2019re applying a super strength, you should feel engaged, passionate, and motivated to use them more.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

      Nature VS Nurture<\/b><\/p>\r\n

      Sometimes we compare ourselves to those more successful than us and worry we\u2019ll never measure up. We might look at somebody else and assume they were born with certain gifts. Why bother trying to succeed? And elements of that might be true\u2013 some people are indeed born with innate abilities to do things much more easily than the rest of us.<\/span> However, your super strengths are a combination of the things that you\u2019re naturally good at, combined with skills and behaviors you develop through your learned experiences. You can develop your super strengths.\u00a0<\/span> Natural Talents + Learned Experiences = Super Strengths<\/span> \u00a0<\/p>\r\n

      The 80% Rule<\/b><\/p>\r\n

      We all have weaknesses; nobody\u2019s perfect. The more successful among us tend to follow a simple rule:<\/span> Spend 80% of your time making your super strengths stronger and 20% mitigating weaknesses that hold you back.\u00a0<\/span> Peter Drucker, the famous management theorist, said, \u201cYou can\u2019t build performance on weaknesses. You can only build on your strengths.\u201d<\/span> When embarking on self improvement or designing a career, many of us start with a list of negative things about ourselves or things we\u2019d like to improve upon. Being good at everything is impossible. You\u2019ll get more out of the time you invest if you focus on making your super strengths stronger, rather than wasting time focusing on your weaknesses.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

      Identifying and Developing Your Super Strengths<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

      How much time do you spend pondering your super strengths?\u00a0<\/span> If you know what your super strengths are, do you know how to strengthen them?<\/span> After reading this piece, most of us will have some idea what our super strengths might be, but we may struggle to know how to develop them or how to use them to boost our careers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

      By exploring the materials below, this module will help you to discover what your super strengths are, how to use them more effectively, and how to share them with others to supercharge your career.<\/span> \u00a0<\/p>\r\n

      Recommended Read: <\/strong>StandOut 2.0 Assess your strengths, find your edge, win at work - Marcus Buckingham\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\r\n

      Recommended Watch: <\/strong>How Our Weaknesses Can Become Our Strengths <\/span><\/a>(10 mins)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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