The questionnaire

On my last post.... find the questionnaire here

In fact, there are heaps of questionnaires, the one I got that question from was from VIA signature strengths.

I found this site after reading an article in Saturday's Sydney Morning Herald - Good Weekend section. An article in there called Happiness 101. It's about positive psychology.

Anyway, apparently there are 24 measureable character strengths and the VIA signature strength inventory tells you what your top five are. So mine are....

1. Creativity, ingenuity, and originality
2. Hope, optimism, and future-mindedness
3. Perspective (wisdom)
4. Judgment, critical thinking, and open-mindedness
5. Forgiveness and mercy

Sounds about right. But so what? They say that we should be actively working or playing in new areas that draw on our signature strengths, to create a sense of wellbeing. This will play a role in building confidence and thus bring happiness.

There were other bits in the article too. I was pleased to read about it actually, since I posted happiness hypothesis a little while ago and referred to Seligman (and Maslow) and how their theories I thought related to happiness. I felt somewhat that this article supported my views about what makes us happy - and the fact I had not heard specifically about positive psychology before gives me some sense of satisfaction.

Anyway, if you're interested, it's free to register and do the tests.

Later.