Strength 3

Empathy
Shared Theme Description
People who are especially talented in the Empathy theme can sense the feelings of other
people by imagining themselves in others’ lives or others’ situations.
Your Personalized Strengths Insights
What makes you stand out?
Driven by your talents, you usually know when you have or have not won the approval of a
person or a group. You harbor a deep-seated yearning to belong. You are delighted when
many individuals gladly welcome you into their lives. Chances are good that you are highly
perceptive about others’ thoughts, emotions, and needs. This ability allows you to discover
what makes each person special. You usually know how to respond to someone depending
upon his or her unique circumstances, moods, background, or successes. It’s very likely that
you take time to discover someone’s likes, dislikes, hopes, dreams, or idiosyncrasies. You
usually gain a great deal of satisfaction from making a person feel worthwhile and valuable.
Instinctively, you realize numerous individuals need your attention to feel valued or
appreciated. Making someone feel special gives you a great deal of satisfaction. You can
sense when someone’s spirit needs to be lifted or his/her contributions need to be
acknowledged. You know what to say and how to say it so your compliments or words of
recognition sound truthful, genuine, and sincere. This is one way you nurture relationships
with people. By nature, you might be prompted by a natural impulse to answer questions, deal
with perplexing issues, or overcome obstacles. This need to do something arises from deep
within yourself.
Questions
1. As you read your personalized strengths insights, what words, phrases, or lines stand
out to you?  The need to belong... perceptive to others thoughts and emotions ... 

2. Out of all the talents in this insight, what would you like for others to see most in
you? That I am perceptive.. that I do truly care.