When to use it
Use it when you want evidence-based insight into your strengths from others' perspectives.
How to apply it
- Choose 10 to 20 people from different areas of your life and work.
- Ask each to describe a specific time when you were at your best.
- Collect the stories and look for recurring themes.
- Write a short portrait of yourself at your best based on the themes.
- Identify changes to your role or routines that let you work this way more often.
Tip: Ask for concrete stories rather than general compliments, as stories reveal patterns.