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Strengths Activity- Strengths Metaphors

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A fun activity we have done with students is Strengths Metaphors. We often have a tendency to limit and confine our strengths to the two-sentence definition of the theme we find on the 34 list. Strengths manifest uniquely in each person based on their other 5 or 2 themes, their age, their background, their life experiences, and so much more. The Strengths Metaphors activity is a great way to break the themes of out of the boxes we put them in.

  • Fill out the worksheet or engage in a conversation using the prompts on the sheet.
  • Pick one of your top 5 or top 3 themes. 
  • Describe what the theme looks like, what color you would associate with it, what it smells like, what it sounds like, and any other sensory descriptors you would add to the selected theme. 
  • Share with your mentee and ask your mentee to share with you. Share with each other why you chose to assign these specific descriptors to the strength. 
  • If you have similar strengths to each other, discuss the differences between your metaphors. 
Here is a link to the printable PDF version of this activity on the strengths dropbox. 
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