My Character Strengths

Hi everyone, this is Felicia,

thank you so much for watching my final presentation and thank

you Elizabeth for all your help and guidance this module.

I am very happy to talk about my character strengths

now that I know what they are and have seen how

um they have

been a constant theme throughout my life.

I'd like to start with um my top strength

which has been made apparent to me both times.

I took the V.

A quiz and that is love of learning and I

know I've mentioned this multiple times in the discussion posts,

it's just so interesting to me.

It's like it was an aha moment learning that because my whole life I have

sought out events

um that could increase my knowledge and learning opportunities.

I always love to attend any sort of presentation talk

Uh film just on various topics.

I'm genuinely interested in increasing my knowledge.

So that's something I noticed started more so

during my undergrad and has continued into my 20'

and even now um really it only paused during

the pandemic because there weren't a lot of options.

Um I did try a couple of virtual options

um Even when I was a teacher, I would also try to expand my students um

awareness about various topics by inviting them to various presentations talks.

Um

I can think of a few talks about mental health and talks about

indigenous rights and issues and just a variety of things

um And then coming to my line of work, I didn't plan to be a teacher.

I actually rejected that idea because I thought I didn't like Children.

But I fell into my line of work as a as an E. S. L.

Teacher and did that for a little over 12 years and

I genuinely enjoyed it and it actually was the perfect fit

for me because I got so much out of it.

I think I got more out of it than I put into

it because I learned so much from all the students I encountered.

Um I got to know about many cultures and traditions and

tried lots of different food, things like that.

So it was the perfect job for me and I think I

might even be returning to this at various points in my career

um in terms of ongoing education.

So uh I have always sought out different certificate programs and courses.

I don't think I've ever stopped being a student and I don't think I ever will.

Um I have my eye on a couple other certificates after I finished this one

and I've also signed up for various trainings through Laurier.

I'm trying to take advantage of every learning opportunity that comes my way

and I'm very grateful for all these opportunities.

Um I wanted to put these two together because

the first time I took the character strengths quiz,

perspective and social intelligence were my number two and number three

um strengths and I kind of see these as going hand in hand with love of learning.

Um

I guess maybe because of my upbringing, my childhood,

uh maybe because of my family life, um I have had this ability to see things from

multiple sides of an issue. And

this has helped me to be sort of a peacemaker

or help people see things from different perspectives and this

has blood into my work and have been told that

I am very diplomatic by more than one boss.

Um and when people come to me for advice,

I find myself encouraging them to look

for the other perspective or other perspectives

in the situation before they jump to any conclusions or or you know,

before they come from a place of judgment.

And so I do see this playing out in my life as well,

even though it's not my top strength,

um curiosity came up both times.

I did the quiz as well,

and this is another one that I think goes hand in hand

with love of learning and the other strengths I just mentioned.

Um I am genuinely curious. I I come from a place of openness and and wanting to learn.

And so I do sometimes ask

questions

and I try to make connections in my brain and I

do try to pass that knowledge along when I can.

Um

and I think coming from this place of curiosity

really helps people to feel seen and understood and you can really easily

make a connection that way when you come from a place of curiosity,

my group of friends is so diverse.

I just I love it.

I have friends from all cultures, all walks of life all ages and I think

uh my sense of curiosity has really contributed to that.

Um I know we were only asked to do three,

but I just wanted to throw in these other two because I just found them interesting.

So honesty was my fifth strength the first time I took the V. A quiz.

And this just made me chuckle because um

I think I can be honest to a fault.

Of course I try not to be rude or hurt anybody's feelings.

But um friends often come to me when they want the truth or they

want uh someone to tell them like it is or be direct with them.

And so that just kind of made me chuckle.

Um if anybody is interested,

I've taken the crucial conversations training that Laurie also offers and

I think this has really helped me to develop the skill and

use it in a workplace setting a little bit more appropriately.

And the other thing I'd like to mention is about love.

So I know it seems kind of simple, it might seem kind of obvious, but um I,

the people that I have in my life that I'm very close to,

I mean I think I can count on one hand the very close

friends I have and the that makes me love them that much more.

It makes me appreciate them that much more.

Um they know they have my unwavering support and they can count on me and um

it really,

it feels nice to hear the feedback that some

of my friends have shared with me recently,

even throughout the pandemic and when things were busy and things were, you know,

kind of depressing and stressful.

Um friends have told me that they felt my love and support from a distance.

Um and that's really all I can aim to do and I just I do things with my whole heart

um when I can and I like people in my life to

know that I love them and that I have their back.

And then there was one more I wanted to mention which was appreciation of beauty.

This was my number three strength the second time that I took the quiz

and I also just found this one interesting because um

I have lots of

artwork that I think some would consider unique

around my house

that I just love looking at and I do appreciate a beautiful view. Uh Nature

nature is just incredible and amazing and I could just spend

hours looking out at the lake or just being in nature

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