VIA Character Strengths

My Top 10 Character Strengths

1: Creativity

Thinking of novel and productive ways to conceptualize and do things; includes artistic achievement but is not limited to it.

2: Perspective

Being able to provide wise counsel to others; having ways of looking at the world that make sense to oneself/others.

3: Appreciation of Beauty & Excellence

Noticing and appreciating beauty, excellence, and/or skilled performance in various domains of life, from nature to art to mathematics to science to everyday experience.

4: Bravery

Not shrinking from threat, challenge, difficulty, or pain; speaking up for what’s right even if there’s opposition; acting on convictions even if unpopular; includes physical bravery but is not limited to it.

5: Leadership

Encouraging a group of which one is a member to get things done and at the same time maintain good relations within the group; organizing group activities and seeing that they happen.

6: Teamwork

Working well as a member of a group or team; being loyal to the group; doing one's share.

7: Prudence

Being careful about one's choices; not taking undue risks; not saying or doing things that might later be regretted.

8: Love of learning

Mastering new skills, topics, and bodies of knowledge, whether on one's own or formally; related to the strength of curiosity but goes beyond it to describe the tendency to add systematically to what one knows.

9: Kindness

Doing favors and good deeds for others; helping them; taking care of them

10: Honesty

Speaking the truth but more broadly presenting oneself in a genuine way and acting in a sincere way; being without pretense; taking responsibility for one's feelings and actions.