Keith and Laura explore personal and professional growth, centered on the VIA Institute’s character strengths assessment. As Keith and Laura share their results, listeners are invited to reflect on their own strengths and challenge areas, and learn how self-awareness can fuel progress in life goals. Keith brings a pragmatic lens to the conversation, emphasizing the importance of recognizing not just his strongest traits—love of learning, humor, humility, appreciation of beauty and excellence, and honesty—but also his opportunities for growth, such as teamwork, zest, forgiveness, and self-regulation. He candidly discusses how perfectionism and judgment can hamper progress, offering encouragement to focus on improvement rather than shortcomings. Keith’s openness about challenges, like managing technological frustrations and setting boundaries, models practical resilience for listeners seeking to balance achievement with self-care. Laura shines as a future-focused optimist, highlighting strengths like hope, love, creativity, gratitude, and—shared with Keith—love of learning. Her commitment to maintaining positivity and planning for long-term fulfillment underlines her approach to personal development. Laura explains how creativity helps her discover new solutions and how gratitude energizes her daily routine. She unpacks the significance of setting boundaries, self-regulation, and teamwork, showing that awareness of lesser strengths can guide actions and deepen relationships. Differing strengths can complement and strengthen partnerships and relationships by creating strong bonds and mutual support when there is awareness and intentional effort to grow around those areas. When strengths overlap, power lies in using that common ground to build trust, understanding, and encouragement in personal and professional settings. Resilient teams and relationships build strong partnerships that thrive when they are built on empathy, trust, and understanding.Thanks for Joining Us.Find your own Character Strengths at https://www.viacharacter.org/Understanding Our Strengths🔊 LISTEN ON: ⚪️ with Keith and Laura🟠 Overcast🟣 Apple 🟢 Spotify 🔵 Amazon 🟠 Audible🔴 YouTube 🔴 YouTube Music📺 Full Episode Playlist📱 Shorts Playlist⚫️ Make Create Build Links- - - Check out withkeithandlaura.comFusebox the podcast hosting and player we use. Check it out! 💻If you buy something using one of our affiliate links, we may receive a small commission.* 🤗The show notes were created with assistance from Perplexity AI, which helped generate and organize key points based on the podcast transcript.
