People who are especially talented in the Significance theme want to be very important in the eyes of others. They are independent and want to be recognized.
Ideas for Action
1. Choose jobs or positions in which you can determine your own tasks and actions. You will enjoy the exposure that comes with independence.
2. Your reputation is important to you, so decide what it should be and tend to it in the smallest detail. For example, identify and earn a designation that will add to your credibility, write an article that will give you visibility, or volunteer to speak in front of a group who will admire your achievements.
3. Share your dreams and goals with your family or closest friends and colleagues. Their expectations will keep you reaching.
4. Stay focused on performance. Your Significance talents will drive you to claim outstanding goals. Your performance had better match those goals, or others might label you as a big talker.
5. You will perform best when your performance is visible. Look for opportunities that put you on center stage. Stay away from roles that hide you behind the scenes.
6. Leading crucial teams or significant projects brings out your best. Your greatest motivation may come when the stakes are at their highest. Let others know that when the game is on the line, you want the ball.
7. Make a list of the goals, achievements, and qualifications you crave, and post them where you will see them every day. Use this list to inspire yourself.
8. Identify your best moment of recognition or praise. What was it for? What gave it to you? Who was the audience? What do you have to do to recreate that moment?
9. Unless you also possess dominant Self-Assurance talents, accept that you might fear failure. Don’t let this fear prevent you from staking claims to excellence. Instead, use it to focus on ensuring that your performance matches your claims.
10. You might have a natural awareness of what other people think of you. You may have a specific audience that you want to like you, and you will do whatever it takes to win their approval and applause. Be aware that while reliance on the approval of others could be problematic, there is nothing wrong with wanting to be liked or admired by the key people in your life.
* Source: StrengthsFinder 2.0 by Tom Rath