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Character Strengths, Not A Disorder. You Have A Hard Life

Character Strengths, Not A Disorder. You Have A Hard Life

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"Everybody's life is hard."Character strengths, not a diagnosis. In 1999 Martin Seligman, then president of the American Psychological Association, wrote a farewell address that said the future of psychology is not in psychopathology. The field had strayed from what got it into business in the first place, which is how to define human flourishing.Seligman, Chris Peterson, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and Barbara Fredrickson built a competing classification. Not disorders. Virtues and strengths, six buckets, drawn from ancient religious and philosophical texts. The classical virtues, the medieval virtues, and the modern six line up. The Values in Action inventory measures where you stand. It is an imperfect instrument, it costs money, and it is worth taking. The survey lives at viacharacter.org.His claim: legitimately, some people are suffering and need help. That is a small portion of the population. The larger portion would be better served by looking at their strengths than at their symptoms. If you focus on the one small symptom cluster of your life and not the rest, you are focused on the thing that trips you rather than the thing that helps you run.Then the hard part. Nation's original question was you don't have a disorder, you have a hard life. Roger starts with the first line of Scott Peck's The Road Less Traveled: life is hard. It just is. First world problems are still problems, and discounting them because worse problems exist somewhere else gets you nowhere. So assume life is difficult. Then what?Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning and logotherapy: growth comes through suffering, and if we believe we should have easy lives we will never grow. People who have had trauma have to work on it. But getting to zero is a pretty sucky goal. Once you are at zero, how do you give your gifts to the world? Unless there is a payoff for being a victim, and victimhood is the smaller prize.The close is the Harvard Grant Study, the longest running longitudinal study of human beings. The men with the greatest life satisfaction were not the richest or the most famous. They had strong primary love relationships and meaningful work. To work and to love. If all you are focused on is your precious diagnosis, you will never be fruitful for the rest of the world.This continues Episode 76: Is ADHD Overdiagnosed? You Are Not Your Diagnosis.What we cover:Seligman's 1999 farewell address: the future of psychology is not psychopathologyThe competing classification: virtues and strengths instead of disordersThe classical virtues, the medieval virtues, and the modern sixThe Values in Action inventory, and where to find itThe small portion who need help, and the larger portion who need their strengthsOverdiagnosis is a disservice to the people who really have the disorderThe Road Less Traveled: life is hard, it just isFirst world problems are still problemsMan's Search for Meaning, Viktor Frankl and logotherapyGetting to zero is a pretty sucky goalUnless there is a payoff for being a victimTo work and to love: the Harvard Grant StudyChapters0:00 Everybody's life is hard1:11 Seligman's 1999 farewell address1:54 A competing classification: virtues and strengths2:46 The classical virtues and the medieval virtues3:39 Most people are better served by strengths than by diagnostics4:02 The Values in Action inventory5:29 Seligman, Fredrickson and Csikszentmihalyi: who to read6:14 The thing that trips you versus the thing that helps you run6:39 Overdiagnosis is a disservice to people who really have the disorder7:08 Nobody looks at traffic that runs well7:55 You don't have a disorder. You have a hard life8:31 The Road Less Traveled: life is hard, it just is9:02 First world problems are still problems10:01 Just assume life is difficult. Then what?10:19 Man's Search for Meaning11:09 Logotherapy: growth comes through suffering12:17 Getting to zero is a pretty sucky goal13:44 Unless there is a payoff for being a victim14:04 To work and to love14:36 The Harvard Grant Study15:34 What makes a good life15:53 Share this with a friendSecond Thoughts, Episode 77.Dr. Roger Hall is a Peak Performance Psychologist who helps leaders master their thinking and achieve greater power, freedom, clarity, and calm.Send us Fan MailSupport the showThank you for tuning in to this episode of Second Thoughts with Dr. Roger Hall!If you enjoyed today's insights, don't forget to subscribe for more content on leadership, productivity, and personal growth. Share this episode with friends, colleagues, or anyone who could benefit from these powerful strategies.🎧 Listen & Subscribe: Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and all major platforms.🌐 Connect with Dr. Hall: Visit drrogerhall.com for resources and more.🧭 Work with Roger: compassconsultation.com📧 Have a question? Submit it for a chance to be featured in a future episode!Follow me on socials:X - @DoctorRogerHallFacebook - Second ThoughtsInstagram - @DoctorRogerHallLinkedin - @Dr Roger HallYoutube ...
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