Ways to Find Your Own Personal Strengths

4. What kind of work do you do and what makes you good at that work?

Think about what you enjoy about your work and why. If you’re struggling to find much that is enjoyable, consider what’s missing instead.

5. Take an online test

If you want a more impartial reflection of your personal strengths, try taking one of the many available online tests.

6. What leaves you feeling energised?

We’ve already looked at the activities and skills you enjoy, and now it’s time to look at what leaves you feeling energised. Another way of approaching this is to think back to times you were in what Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi describes as “flow”. When we are in “flow”, time passes quickly and we feel engrossed in the task at hand. Looking at the skills required for these tasks will give you further clues about your personal strengths.