Answered from How to Make a Difference: Part 2 · Hidden Brain · 2026-09-28
Martin Seligman suggests first finding your top strengths with the free VIA test on his AuthenticHappiness.org site, which he says at least 5 million people have taken, then redesigning your work to use them more. A student who hated waitressing used her social intelligence to make each table's evening, and got bigger tips. Another, scared of a 40-minute midnight walk across Philadelphia, used playfulness to turn it into a timed rollerblade race.
“Find out what you're best at and use it, divert your work to use it more.” Martin Seligman · at 41:29 — open in the transcript →
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