Comments on: Where is the muscle? http://donotgrievealone.com/2007/10/10/where-is-the-muscle/ Sun, 22 Apr 2012 17:16:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Beth Waddel http://donotgrievealone.com/2007/10/10/where-is-the-muscle/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Beth Waddel Mon, 15 Oct 2007 19:05:53 +0000 http://donotgrievealone.com/2007/10/10/where-is-the-muscle/#comment-21 Yeah, those low scores can be worked with and increased...SK, a low score in hope, optimism and future mindedness is so workable. The cool thing is that we are learning more and more that things like optimism are a way of thinking, viewing the world, and that even though, old habits die hard...they do die... In an interview with Alex Lindley, a biggie in positive psychology, the notion of using strengths to bolster areas that are "less robust" makes great sense. Yeah, those low scores can be worked with and increased…SK, a low score in hope, optimism and future mindedness is so workable. The cool thing is that we are learning more and more that things like optimism are a way of thinking, viewing the world, and that even though, old habits die hard…they do die…
In an interview with Alex Lindley, a biggie in positive psychology, the notion of using strengths to bolster areas that are “less robust” makes great sense.

]]> By: SK http://donotgrievealone.com/2007/10/10/where-is-the-muscle/comment-page-1/#comment-20 SK Thu, 11 Oct 2007 23:44:16 +0000 http://donotgrievealone.com/2007/10/10/where-is-the-muscle/#comment-20 After taking the VIA I learned my top 5 strengths and I wasn't all that surprised. But going back and looking at my lowest (Hope, Optimism and Future-mindedness) makes me realize that they are strengths that I should have! It makes me face what my life has become and that I desperately need a change. I will surely kick and scream, but nevertheless make my way towards it. After taking the VIA I learned my top 5 strengths and I wasn’t all that surprised. But going back and looking at my lowest (Hope, Optimism and Future-mindedness) makes me realize that they are strengths that I should have! It makes me face what my life has become and that I desperately need a change. I will surely kick and scream, but nevertheless make my way towards it.

]]> By: Lorri Sasse http://donotgrievealone.com/2007/10/10/where-is-the-muscle/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Lorri Sasse Thu, 11 Oct 2007 00:08:52 +0000 http://donotgrievealone.com/2007/10/10/where-is-the-muscle/#comment-19 Now why would I have looked at my lowest strength? The focus has always been on the top 5 and for some reason my little brain didn't even want to look further. Didn't even think about looking further. I think it was kind of like connecting anything below the five as being less than okay. Only that really isn't true. It has been a long day and my mind isn't functioning as it should so what really hit me when I read your words is hard to spit out. maybe later. Now why would I have looked at my lowest strength? The focus has always been on the top 5 and for some reason my little brain didn’t even want to look further. Didn’t even think about looking further.
I think it was kind of like connecting anything below the five as being less than okay. Only that really isn’t true.

It has been a long day and my mind isn’t functioning as it should so what really hit me when I read your words is hard to spit out. maybe later.

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