Approach - How You Do What You Do

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Strengths Based Goal Setting - Part 6

Strengths Based Goal Setting - Part 6 from Dale Cobb on Vimeo.

Strengths Based Goal Setting - Part 5

Strengths Based Goal Setting 5 from Dale Cobb on Vimeo.

Strengths Based Goal Setting - Part 4

Strengths Based Goal Setting 4 from Dale Cobb on Vimeo.

Strengths Based Goal Setting

Strengths Based Goal Setting 3 from Dale Cobb on Vimeo.

Strengths Based Goal Setting - Part 2

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Strengths Based Goal Setting

STRENGTHS BASED GOAL SETTING from Dale Cobb on Vimeo.

Workshop

Setting up goals...directions and destinations for the year should be a process that interacts with strengths discovery, development, demonstration and delivery. If you are a manager of people, even a parent, goal setting should involve deploying the strengths of others more than correcting a weakness.

Make a list of your key strengths (Bring Your "A-Game"):

Accomplishments - Make a list of your past successes. Try for 100 (For most people this is extremely challenging). 

Added Value - Select 10 accomplishments where you have added value to another individual, team, business unit or organization. Identify the specific contribution(s).

Aptitudes - Are you Word Smart? Number Smart? Picture Smart? Mechanically Smart? Music Smart? People Smart? Body Smart? Which aptitudes did you use?

Activities - What are the activities and tasks you love doing and are naturally good at? Which talent/passion activities made the value added accomplishments happen.

Approaches - How do you do the things you do well. Gallup's Strengthsfinder 2.0 Assessment is a great place to find some answers.

Aim - Set a single goal based on your findings in the above exercise.

How We Choose Careers - Part 2

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SUCCESSPATH Introduction

SUCCESSPATH Introduction from Dale Cobb on Vimeo.

How We Choose Careers - Part 1

How We Choose Careers 1 from Dale Cobb on Vimeo.

What Leads To High Performance?

What Leads To High Performance? from Dale Cobb on Vimeo.

Designed Differently & Engineered Uniquely

Designed Differently & Engineered Uniquely from Dale Cobb on Vimeo.

What's A STRENGTHSPATH?

What's A STRENGTHSPATH? from Dale Cobb on Vimeo.

Janet Attwood - On Passion

Of all your strengths passion may be the most powerful, even the most important.  But it doesn't stand alone. As Janet Attwood says, "If you want to hit a grand slam in your life, it's not enough just to live your passion.  It's your passion, your skill, your talents, the things you studied at, the things people compliment you on, you take the things you've gone to school for.  No moment was wasted."

Many believe passion is the pathway to an easy life.  Janet addresses this also, "Sometimes it's painful. I love to dispel myths about living a passionate life.  Many people thing that just because you live a passionate life you'll have no challenges.  Once I know my passions it's like a smooth road, but it's not so.  There are obstacles, there are challenges, there are moments when you go, 'I don't know whether to go right or left'."

To take The Passion Test go to: http://www.thepassiontest.com

Age As A Strength and Seeing Your "Mold" - Jonathan Sackner-Bernstein

Dr. Sackner-Bernstein challenges several entrenched ideas in this terrific Ted Talk.  He shows us the benefits of age and offers an interesting challenge to Malcolm Gladwell's 10,000 Hour Rule. 

And most of all, he challenges us to like Alexander Fleming, find our "mold".

The Science of Personality - Film Short

This film short by Hogan Assessment systems is an interesting quick introduction to personality and assessments.  The focus on the 5 Factor system in the historical section of the film without mentioning the contributions of Carl Jung, Myers & Briggs and DISC creator William Marston was a little incomplete if not self-serving.  And then tying the 5 Factor Model to Nazi Germany??? That probably won't do much to advance their system.  Never-the-less, it's a well-made movie and offers some helpful information.

The Science of Personality from Signal Factory on Vimeo.

Delivering Your Strengths Is The Point!

In this video short John Maxwell talks about "Gift Distribution".  I call this "Delivering Your Strengths".  Whatever you call it, the point of your gifts or your strengths is to deliver them.  The weakness of the strengths movement is clearly a preoccupation with "Discovery".  Gifts or strengths must also be developed and then delivered.

...and I would add...in a way that makes a difference.  You must learn to become obsessed with delivering your strengths in a way that maximizes your contribution to the organization, team or business unit.

How do you deliver your strengths?

How do you make a difference?

What Do You Love Doing? - Shawn Shepheard

Unique Ability is a book by Catherine Nomura and Julia Walker with Shannon Waller.  It's based on Dan Sullivan's work and concept by that title.  It's one of the best strengths books available.  Here is a quick overview of the concept.

Take Control Over Your Responses To The Unexpected - Dan Sullivan

In this video short, Dan Sullivan begins to make a connection between working in our strengths and maintaining positive attitudes and perspectives.  As Dan says it, "working inside of his unique ability enhances the probability that he will successfully take control of responses to the unexpected".  He is on to something here that very little if anything has been written about.

Discover Your 10X Purpose - Dan Sullivan

Dan Sullivan is a phenomenal business coach who specializes in working with Entrepreneurs.  He is the creator of the "UniqueAbility" concept.  His idea of discovering your 10x Purpose is a powerful one.