Finding your strengths

Go Put Your Strengths to Work: 6 Powerful Steps to Achieve Outstanding Performance,by Marcus Buckingham, makes a surprising claim.  Your strengths are NOT necessarily what you are good at.  You could be good at something, but the activity might not be a "strength" because it doesn't engage your strongest passions and interests.

So how to find your strengths?  The author recommends you just pay attention to how you feel as you do different activities.  When something has you completely captured your attention and you've lost track of time, stop and write down exactly what you are doing.  Buckingham offers suggestions on how to take all the specific notes and identify common themes so that you can identify the activities that make you happy and engaged.  You can then work to fill your day with more of these activities and spend less time on things that weaken you.