Who Am I?
Discover how to define your identity by focusing on your strengths and values. Take part in a reflective exercise to recognize the qualities that represent your best self, whether that is resilience, creativity, empathy, or something else. By identifying your traits, you can begin to shape a more purposeful and fulfilling life. Use this activity to boost self-awareness, set meaningful goals, and connect more deeply with your personal and professional growth.
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so we're talking about who am I what is
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myself about and I want to give you a
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little exercise related to who am I and
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this is thinking about yourself when
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you're at your best so I think that all
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of us have times when we feel we're at
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our best and there's a best self going
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on and then there's not so best self
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right i think we all have those times
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and there's some periods or some ways we
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can envision ourselves when we're at our
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best a little more often one of the
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things that having a purpose does is
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help motivate more often being your best
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self so a good way to just begin the
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thought about who you are and what's
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your most purposeful self is to think
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about what you're like when you're at
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your best so here are a bunch of
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different ways of being your best self
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are you loving for example are you kind
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are you healthy are you funny think
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about what you're like when you're at
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your best are you super active are you
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connected are you empathetic are you
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courageous let's go through a list of a
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couple of other best
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self-characteristics are you grateful
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are you dependable are you happy are you
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calm resilient are you energized or
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hardworking engaged are you
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community-minded are you caring when
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you're at your best self are you
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balanced when you're at your best are
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you supportive or generous or creative
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or patient you can read these yourself
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are you growing or optimistic are you
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mindful all of these things relate to
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what you might be when you're at your
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best if you had to pick two of these or
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three or so what would you pick what do
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you like when you're at your best this
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often becomes kind of the beginning
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point for asking who am I because we
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don't want you to be who are you when
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you're at your worst we want you to be
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who are you when you're at your best
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because that's what your real self your
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aspirational self could be so I might
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pick oh when I'm at my best I'm calm and
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I'm resilient now by the way if you're
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using the purposeful application we do
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that for you so if you want to download
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the purposeful application start using
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it we have this exact exercise for you
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to take if you can start looking at what
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you're like when you're at your best you
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can describe yourself when you're at
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your best you can also look at what
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other people are like when they're at
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their best using a word cloud so you can
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find out what they're like when they're
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at their best in life uh you can also
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find out what they're like when they're
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at their best at work