Strengths-Based Living I

I first watched Marcus Buckingham on Oprah.com and I learned about what things really constitute our strengths and our weaknesses. His definition is unique and novel, at least to me. A strength is doing a task which lends a sense of invigoration to the one doing the task. A weakness is doing a task which causes negative feelings of loathing and disgust.

For too long in my life, I had been working in the teaching profession where I have had limited freedom to pursue my strengths. Too often I had been burdened down with working my weaknesses. And lately, with No Child Left Behind, the tasks that are my weaknesses have become the emphasis in education. Buckingham says that working more and more on weaknesses is common in most professions, and doing that is the main cause of burnout.

I wanted to get this much down so that I could remember what I am thinking about. I will add more to this thread later.