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surveyed over 2,000,000 people and concluded that the crucial factor among high-achievement individuals is that they structure their lives around their strengths. Similarly, if you structure your organization around your strengths—and the strengths of your membership—amazing results will blossom. When you organize your time and contributions around your strengths, you’ll notice some extraordinary things start to happen in your organizations. Hopefully, as we’ve journeyed through this wonderland of introspection, you’ve come to learn a few things about yourself and how you operate optimally in an organizational setting. If you’ve taken the time to authentically engage with the material, you may find that you have a newer, more intimate understanding of who you are. On the other hand, if you did not take the opportunity to really attack these introspective questions, you will want to go back and do so. If your organization doesn’t embrace who you are, you’re likely to feel lethargic, slow, and dull. Motivating yourself will be a constant struggle, and your results will be suboptimal. When your values and strengths match your organization’s values, magical things happen. All of a sudden you’re alive, enthusiastic, and passionate about what the organization is and your role within it. Your passion for the organization makes others want to join and invest significant pieces of themselves in it. When people see this joy, they want a piece for themselves. That sounds sweet, but enough of the soft stuff! Getting to know yourself and how you operate is interesting but may not seem to be of immediate value when you have urgent difficulties. 8IJMF BMJHOJOH ZPVS i:PV OFTTw UP ZPVS PSHBOJ[BUJPO XJMM CSJOH about a powerful internal drive; sometimes you need a few tricks to nurture that force which we call‌
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