Comments on: Character Strengths and Excellence in Sport http://pos-psych.com/news/john-yeager/20070610280 Positive Psychology News Daily - Daily boost of research-based happiness. Authored by University of Pennsylvania graduates of the Master of Applied Positive Psychology program (MAPP). Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:18:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Senia http://pos-psych.com/news/john-yeager/20070610280#comment-4027 Senia Tue, 12 Jun 2007 03:45:43 +0000 http://pos-psych.com/news/john-yeager/20070610280#comment-4027 I love this article, John. I really like how you weave in Smart and Good Schools, Gladwell's article and the Gallup Strengths book. I'm a big fan of intuition, and in David Myers' book "Intuition: Its Powers and Perils," David gives many examples of athletes just having "it" - that physical it. And I agree with you, John, that as athletes and their coaches get to know their own strengths - and their answers to question #5!!! - the world turns, things move - that is momentous. Thanks for the thoughts that triggered a lot of mine, Senia I love this article, John. I really like how you weave in Smart and Good Schools, Gladwell’s article and the Gallup Strengths book. I’m a big fan of intuition, and in David Myers’ book “Intuition: Its Powers and Perils,” David gives many examples of athletes just having “it” - that physical it.

And I agree with you, John, that as athletes and their coaches get to know their own strengths - and their answers to question #5!!! - the world turns, things move - that is momentous.

Thanks for the thoughts that triggered a lot of mine,
Senia

]]> By: Nick Hernandez http://pos-psych.com/news/john-yeager/20070610280#comment-3990 Nick Hernandez Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:59:35 +0000 http://pos-psych.com/news/john-yeager/20070610280#comment-3990 I think that sports appeal most to those who have competition as a strength. I have connectedness as a top strength and I don't value competition as as much as seeing the attuned collaboration in a sport. I think that sports are symbolic expressions of the cultures from which they arise, and that they primarily reflect how a given culture values collaboration, play, and competition. "Physical genius" reminds me of Howard Gardner's notion of kinesthetic intelligence, and I want to learn more about the correlations between strengths and the multiple intelligences. I can see the usefulness of constructing a matrix of sorts between the two. I think that the domain of moral thinking encompasses the boundary between harming community and not harming community, and that the moral good is one good among many that ought to be taken into consideration and pursued in the pursuit of living well in a strong community. I think that sports appeal most to those who have competition as a strength. I have connectedness as a top strength and I don’t value competition as as much as seeing the attuned collaboration in a sport. I think that sports are symbolic expressions of the cultures from which they arise, and that they primarily reflect how a given culture values collaboration, play, and competition. “Physical genius” reminds me of Howard Gardner’s notion of kinesthetic intelligence, and I want to learn more about the correlations between strengths and the multiple intelligences. I can see the usefulness of constructing a matrix of sorts between the two. I think that the domain of moral thinking encompasses the boundary between harming community and not harming community, and that the moral good is one good among many that ought to be taken into consideration and pursued in the pursuit of living well in a strong community.

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