Start 2023 by Celebrating YOU!

• By Lynda-Ross VIP on Jan 3, 2023
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Happy New Year! Those three words carry so much optimism and potential—new beginnings, fresh starts, and possibilities waiting to be explored.

For many of us, the beginning of a new year brings thoughts of resolutions and changes we'd like to make. We promise ourselves we'll exercise more, spend more time with family, lose weight, or finally tackle something we've been putting off.

But have you noticed how often our resolutions focus on what we believe needs fixing? We begin the year looking for flaws instead of recognizing the strengths we already possess.

This year, I'd like to suggest something different. Instead of concentrating on what we think is wrong, let's dust off our natural strengths, appreciate what we do well, and look for opportunities to use those talents more often.

There's a lot of joy to be found in feeling good about who you are!

Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.

— e.e. cummings

Start the Year by Celebrating Your Strengths

This year, let’s Celebrate YOU!

• Celebrate the things you do well.
• Celebrate the compliments you receive.
• Celebrate the satisfaction you feel when you do what you do best.
• Celebrate that you can't do everything and allow yourself to feel relieved that you don't have to.
• Celebrate that not everyone sees the world as you do, and that's okay. Because without other people being different, you can't shine as brightly with your unique strengths.
• Celebrate the full range and depth of your natural potential. Flaws will lose importance when you focus on standing in your strengths.

When this article was originally published in 2023, we were preparing to introduce our Perceptual Style action guides, including Celebrate You! Claim Your Strengths, Transform Your Life, in ebook and paperback formats. These resources were created to help people recognize, appreciate, and make greater use of their natural strengths.

Three Simple Steps to Put Your Strengths into Action

Meanwhile, start your celebration by taking these three easy steps:

1. List three things you do well and that you enjoy doing.
2. Look for opportunities in the next two weeks to do those three things more often.
3. Take a moment while you are doing one of those things to acknowledge your enjoyment and your capability.

Make Celebrating Your Strengths a Daily Practice

That's it. Three simple steps to begin a full year of celebrating who you are and what you naturally do well.

The more attention we give to our natural strengths, the more opportunities we may discover to use them in our relationships, careers, and everyday lives. Celebrating ourselves isn't about pretending we have no limitations. It's about appreciating what makes each of us uniquely capable.

If you'd like to learn more about your natural strengths, explore our Perceptual Style Assessment and discover how understanding your Perceptual Style can help you recognize and build on what you do best.

Until next time—rely on your strengths and laugh a little every day!

What natural strengths will you celebrate this year? I'd love to hear your thoughts in the comment section below.

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About Lynda-Ross

Lynda-Ross Vega is a partner at Vega Behavioral Consulting, Ltd. She specializes in helping corporate leaders, entrepreneurs, and individuals with interpersonal communications, team dynamics, personal development, and navigating change. Lynda-Ross is co-creator of Perceptual Style Theory, a behavioral psychology theory and assessment system designed to help people recognize their natural strengths and build fulfilling lives and careers.

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