Ressources for empower yourself

1. Take a strengths test

• Use the code in the StrengthsFinder 2.0 book and fill out the online test.
• take the VIA Strengths Survey at https://www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu/testcenter or https://www.viacharacter.org/profile-reports (VIA Me Profil Report)

2. Explore and understand – read description of strenghts, collect examples from your everyday life and create your own strength picture with your story …

• Brainstorm and select
• Make a development plan
• Write your own users manual
• Additional material to download

• Use a Bullet Journal to write down your reflections, successes and goals and plan your time
• Find an accountability partner
• Create complimentary partnerships
• Follow up – with people from the hackathon
• Use the WOOP method by Prof. Gabriele Oettingen (NYU and University of Hamburg) to boost your action plans

Shawn Achor

• TED.com: The happy secret to better work
• Book: The happiness advantage

Tal-Ben Shahar, Harvard

• Book: Happier
• His Harvard lectures on positive psychology are available on YouTube

Self-compassion (MSC) – Kristin Neff

• TEDx: The Space Between Self-Esteem and Self Compassion
• Book: Self-Compassion

Learn about mindfulness, e.g. with the InsightTimer App and/or Jon Kabat-Zinn’s books and MBSR exercises.

Apply mindfulness to recognize and cherish successful moments