Ricomincio da tre; investire sui propri punti di forza

“- Gaetano: What’s done is done, enough! I’m starting again from three!
- Lello: From zero!
- Gaetano: Huh?
- Lello: From zero! You’re starting again from zero!
- Gaetano: No sir, I’m starting again from... I mean, three things worked out for me in life, why should I lose even those, why should I start again from zero?! From three!”

MASSIMO TROISI - Gaetano
LELLO ARENA - Raffaele 'Rafè' Sodano, aka Lello

Betting on our "three"

During our weekly webinar, dedicated to the clients of the LEVA project, we talked about:

-       Identifying my strengths, my “three”

-       Awareness

-       Reflections to invest, to “leverage”

 

First of all: how can we define strengths?

They basically belong to four categories:

●     Personal skills

○     Commitment, creativity, flexibility and openness to change, reliability, ability to handle stress, self-esteem…

●     Relational skills

○     Listening, clarity, assertiveness, teamwork, conflict resolution, empathy…

●     Methodological skills

○     Organization, method, time management, accuracy, concentration, proactivity, dialogue…

●     Professional skills

To identify them, we can ask ourselves: What do I like, what interests me, what am I good at… WHAT IGNITES ME? And also: which results make me proud of myself? Which results give me ENERGY?

If I look at the Personal Effectiveness Curve, when am I in the flow?

 

 

 

 

A virtuous circle, without forgetting the opportunities and constraints of the context, starts from: Feeling capable is Activation of resources is Activation of potential is Sense of SELF-EFFICACY

 

Self-efficacy can be defined as “a generative capacity whose purpose is to efficiently direct individual cognitive, social, emotional, and behavioral abilities to accomplish specific tasks” (A. Bandura).

How to generate self-efficacy?

- Experiences and reflection on them

- Beliefs: assertiveness

- Emotional and physiological states (interpretation of physical and emotional reactions) – Chiara Cosentino always talks to us about this!

- Balance between doing (and being aware of it) and perceiving (having ‘new’ experiences)

 

Starting again from our ‘three’, three questions remain in the air:

1. Am I aware of my strengths?
2. Am I using them fully?
3. Are they recognized by others?

 

Good work!

Caterina De Micheli.