3 Good Things and Acts of Kindness

1. I remember teaching IT to my cousin, who really isn't very good with the computer, except games. both of us traded info and taught each other and I felt that I was helpful and it was a pleasant experience. The activity was mutual and revealed that both of us were not better than the other in any way as we had different strengths and weaknesses.

On the 5 Signature Strengths

My results revealed the following strengths in order:

1. Fairness, equity, and justice
2. Leadership
3. Citizenship, teamwork, and loyalty
4. Judgement, critical thinking, and open-mindedness
5. Kindness and generosity

What surprised me is the ranking of "leadership" as number 2. I don't really enjoy being a leader and can't come up with ideas. In fact, I would often need the aid and suggestions of the members. I do sometimes enjoy leading others, but I'm more to an introvert than an extrovert.

On the strength of "loyalty", it depends. There are some things that I would be loyal to and some things I couldn't be bothered being loyal to.

I agree with the rest, though I thought other strengths like social intelligence would have been stronger. I thought this test was extremely interesting and provides true statements about the person most of the time.

Experiment on Happiness

We read about experiments done in an attempt to figure ways to be happy. A few were doing different good things to others everyday. Another is thinking of the good things you did before going to sleep. I thought that the idea of thinking of the good things I did before going to sleep was the most efficient. It involves with thinking of the positive side of life and reinforcing oneself. I'm not sure about the part about having good things, since this is just thinking of good actions, but does not bring out powerful emotions or a great deal of happiness. Perhaps it might bring out a small bit of content to oneself.