There are specific situations, tasks, and practices that you are better at doing than nearly everyone else you know! Regularly using these strengths is a proven path to greater effectiveness and happiness. The problem is that we don't always have a clear idea of what these strengths are.  

These strengths should form the heart of our 'How'. An effective 'how' isn't just the most efficient ways to pragmatically achieve some goals, it's our authentic and signature 'value-add' to any situation. So what's our starting point for clarifying and gaining confidence in our strengths? I've found the following 3 questions to unlock powerful reflections on my own strengths, and they are questions I love to ask those I work with:  

1) On a daily basis, what makes you feel most energised in your role? (This could be a workplace, domestic, volunteer or studying role) 

2) In the past year, what projects are you most proud of your contribution to? And specifically, what 'value add' did you bring to them? 

3) Over the course of your whole adult life what situations/environments have you felt you have thrived in? Where you have been able to connect your sense of purpose and values to your impact in those situations? 

The process of recognising our natural talents, how they combine together into standout strengths, and the steps we need to take to put them into practice is an experience as rich as our humanity is complex. Yet with reflection on simple but powerful questions such as these we will gain transformative insight into our unique strengths.  

Identifying, connecting with, and applying your strengths is at the heart of the Unleash Your Purpose approach for a reason – regularly working from a place of strengths is proven to transform our engagement, performance, and wellbeing in the workplace. I hope these questions will help you start discovering the power of your 'How' today!