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WEEK 2 - WORKBOOK

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Use your strengths to fuel your success

“Ever since I read Marcus Buckingham’s “The Truth About You”, I’ve been stopping strangers on the street. “Hey, get this. You know what a strength is? A strength is what you do that makes you feels strengthened, vital! And…wait, it gets better, you know what a weakness is? A weakness is stuff you do that makes you feel weakened!”

Deceptively simple. Revolutionary.

Why does this make me wanna do back-flips? Because this changes everything, people … It means that all that crap that you don’t really like to do, but that you’re really good at … you get to dump it! No more faking it to make it.

So what about good old-fashioned hard work? I’m all for it – when you’re moving towards the real you. No more trying to be a PR genius when what you do best is paint landscapes or make the widgets (hire a PR genius.) No more trying to come up with blue sky five year plans when you’re a short-term focused details guy (get a coach or a visionary friend to help you see the possibilities.)…

The masters focus on what they do best… on their NATURAL CAPACITIES. They stay in their zone… and the zone is what feels good, damn good.

So what makes you feel strong? Do more of it. And more still. Find ways to get even better at it … Dare to be focused on your natural capacities. Say yes to what you love, what inspires you, what lights you up. It takes some kahunas, but it beats well-rounded mediocrity any day.”

Danielle LaPorte

START PLAYING TO YOUR STRENGTHS


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1. Write a quick summary of each of your 5 strengths as you understand them below.

Strength 1

Strength 2

Strength 3

Strength 4

Strength 5

2. Give each of your top 5 strengths a rating on a scale of 0-10 for how often you use each of your strengths at work (0 = not at all, 10 = all the time).

Strength 1

Strength 2

Strength 3

Strength 4

Strength 5


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3. Brainstorm 3-5 things you can do to maximise your strengths. A hint for you: ask yourself how you could lift your rating of each strength to a minimum of 8/10. Note that there are no wrong answers - don't censor yourself! Group your ideas under STOP and START below.

STOP START

4. Read through your ideas above, then circle the 2-3 ideas you think will make the most difference to your energy and fulfilment levels.



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5. Without being hard on yourself (because we ALL have weaknesses!) jot down some of your weaknesses at work below. Examples could be ‘I’m not great with detail’, ‘I tend to leave tasks to the last minute’, ‘ or ‘I’m a bit of a people pleaser’.

6. Using Marcus Buckingham’s five suggestions for how to deal with weaknesses (listed below), brainstorm 3-5 things you can do to manage (not fix!) some of your weaknesses. Remember that the key is to manage a weakness until it is no longer a liability for you … you don’t need to become great in your areas of weaknesses!

7. Read through your ideas above, then circle the 1-2 ideas you think will make the most difference to your energy and fulfilment levels.

UNDERSTAND WEAKNESSES AND HOW TO MANAGE THEM

Five suggestions to manage a weakness:

a. Get a little better at it b. Find a partner to help you with it (someone who has strengths in that area) c. Use one of your strengths to overwhelm it d. Design a system to help you manage it (eg set a reminder on your phone to do the things you

don’t want to do!) e. (Only if you can!) Just stop doing it


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Performance

Pressure1 2 3 4

High

HighLow

Area of Best Performance

Boredom Low Pressure

High Stress Anxiety

Unhappiness

8. The neuroscience of a high performance mindset inverted U theory, pictured above, was created by psychologists Robert Yerkes and John Dodson in 1908. It shows us that we actually need pressure - without it, we get bored and our performance is not optimal. The trick is to ensure we experience pressure, but not so much pressure that it turns into stress or anxiety. Our question for you is: where does pressure turn to stress in your life? List your 1-3 top stress ‘hot spots’ below (Remember your Delight Training - what triggers you 'into the black'? Which triggers can you Control (Circle 1), Influence (Circle 2), or have no control or influence over (Circle 3)?:

THE NEUROSCIENCE OF A HIGH PERFORMANCE MINDSET


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9. What are 1-2 actions you can commit to in each hot spot to reduce pressure in these areas?

10. Where do you need more pressure to drive peak performance (i.e where are you in your comfort zone?)

11. What are 1-2 actions you can commit to lift pressure in these areas?


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MANAGING PRESSURE AND STRESS BY OPTIMISING BRAIN FUNCTION

Your peace toolkit

It’s so important that we spend time each day, week and month coming back to peace. In the video Gem outlined a few ways to do this - spending time in nature, meditating and using the STOP breathing technique.

We are big believers in knowing what makes us feel calm. And what makes you feel calm may be very different to what makes others feel calm. With this in mind, please list some activities that bring you a sense of peace. Some suggestions to kick you off: cooking for pleasure, feeling the grass between your toes, a hot shower or bath, feeling the sun on your face, reading in bed, a cup of tea on the couch, knitting, singing, dancing, cuddling, getting a massage. Go for it!

This is your peace toolkit - your go-to list for when you need to feel calmer. Feel free to keep adding to it over time.


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HOMEPLAY

Remember, you do not need to do everything! Pick whatever actions you feel will be of most benefit to you (try not to avoid the ones that make you feel uncomfortable! They are likely the ones that will aid your growth most). If you cannot take all the actions that feel ‘juicy’ to you this week, feel free to schedule some into your calendar for a later date.

1. Start your identified actions to start playing to your strengths more 2. Start your identified actions to start managing your weaknesses 3. Try 1-2 actions to reduce pressure in your hot spots 4. Try 1-2 actions to lift pressure in areas where you’re in your comfort zone 5. Try one or two activities from your peace toolkit this week 6. Share an insight, challenge or aha moment on the private ProjectMe facebook page 7. Attend your ProjectMe circle and take your week 2 workbook with you!

So you have your actions all in one place rewrite your actions below into one list.

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