Happen To Your Career - Meaningful Work, Career Change, Career Design, & Job Search Your "Expected" Path May Be Misaligned: Follow Your Strengths to Meaningful Work
Feb 2, 2026
They explore how signature strengths act as a career compass and why ignoring them makes even great roles draining. A psychologist shares how breadth drained her and how depth and pattern recognition fit her wiring. Practical tactics include mapping options, gathering targeted feedback from friends and family, and running low-risk career experiments to find energizing work.
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Signature Strengths Are Your Career Compass
- Signature strengths are deeper than skills; they reflect how you're naturally wired to operate.
- Using them more daily boosts happiness, engagement, and performance significantly.
Prestigious Role That Drained Her
- Morgan held a prestigious organizational development role that matched her IO Psych degree on paper.
- Despite strong reviews, the job drained her because its breadth conflicted with her wiring.
Strengths Can Be Pointed The Wrong Way
- Morgan's strengths favored depth, ideation, and maximization rather than broad surface-level tasks.
- Strengths aren't defects; they can be misdirected by the wrong role.