Positive Psychology for Athletes: Tip 2 – Build Strengths through Daily Activity
This is the third in a series of posts on Putting Positive Psychology In Motion, written by invited contributor Gloria Park Perin. The original post is available online. Check back tomorrow for the next post.

2. Build Strengths through Daily Activity: Daily engagement in and pursuit of life activities congruent with an individual’s signature strengths correlates robustly with well-being. Take the VIA Survey and learn about your signature strengths. Think about how you can use your strengths in day to day training or in competition. For example, if playfulness is one of your top strengths, how could you use humor appropriately to diffuse a stressful or unexpected situation? You can also take the VIA with teammates and create a tree or grid that represents your collective strengths, and brainstorm together to create strategies for leveraging strengths to enhance team cohesion.
This is the third in a series of posts on Putting Positive Psychology In Motion, written by invited contributor Gloria Park Perin. Yesterday’s post, and the original post, are available online. Check back tomorrow for the next post.
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