I recently began to write for a monthly devotional publication – Living Life: A Journal of Spiritual Formation & Reflection (It is published by Duranno and the English version is translated into Spanish and Russian), and guess what I’ve discovered about myself? I love writing. I even consider writing to be a potential strength for me as well – albeit I do still need to improve many aspects of this skill.
In Marcus Buckingham’s Go Put Your Strengths to Work, he considers there to be four S.I.G.N.’s of a strength.
- S uccess
- I nstinct: How you feel before the activity
- G rowth: How you feel during the activity
- N eeds: How you feel after the activity
Based on these SIGN’s, I can deduce that writing seems to be a strength of mine.
- S uccess: When I write assignments, I typically receive A’s.
- I nstinct: When I even think about writing or having the opportunity to write, I get really excited.
- G rowth: As I write, I can easily concentrate and get into the zone. Even if I am interrupted, I can easily begin writing again.
- N eeds: Afterwards, I feel such a sense of accomplishment and joy.
But it wasn’t always like that…I didn’t always like writing.
Here’s my story… [Read more…] about Discovering Myself and My Calling Through Writing