The 24 Character Strengths

Develop Your Strengths
Develop Your Strengths
Once you discover your character strengths with the VIA Survey, applying your signature strengths is the next step. Learn how a personalized VIA Report can help you maximize your strengths in all areas of your life. Practicing strengths-based activities builds everyday awareness and fosters a more fulfilling, purposeful connection to life and others.
Develop Your Strengths
What Makes the VIA Survey Different?
The VIA Survey doesn’t put you in a box. It highlights what’s strong, not what’s wrong. Built on the well-established classification of character strengths in positive psychology, this tool offers a fresh way to understand yourself using the 24 strengths that shape well-being, motivation, and meaning.
Here’s the amazing part: there are more possible character strength profile combinations than there are people in the whole world. That means your strengths profile is truly one of a kind.
While other tools like Myers-Briggs and 16 Personalities offer valuable insights into personality preferences and behavioral styles, the VIA Survey takes a different approach. It focuses on strengths — core, morally valued traits that are essential to who you are at your best. Backed by decades of research, the VIA Survey provides a science-based framework grounded in the Character, Strengths, and Virtues model, which organizes all 24 strengths under six universal categories. This structure supports greater awareness, personal development, and well-being. It's an important resource for anyone looking to grow in a more consistent, strengths-focused way.
ttDevelop Your Strengths
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Find all the strengths, organized in printable, easy-to-read formats.
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