Language for describing Good and Great
I just finished listening to the Creative Questioning podcast. I connected with the three categories: bad work, good work and great work.
Over the past 24 months I've done some work with my team to help them "discover their strengths" as defined in the book Now, Discover Your Strengths (NDYS).
I think this fits in with the conversation of Bad, Good and Great work. I would suggest using the following definitions:
. Bad work = I am in a job where I do not get to use my strengths
. Good work = I use some of my strengths some of the time
. Great work = I use strengths a majority of the time.
The NYDS book creates a language to help you understand and describe your strengths to yourself and others. Once you can *name* your strengths you can see them at work. What was once hard to describe can now be pin pointed. This leaves one question "how can I use this strength in more ways to manifest postive outcomes for this world (the world, my work, my home life, etc/). I can speak from experience that my ability to name and understand my strengths has allowed me to use them more. I challenge myself and others to find the end of the strength. How far can you take it? When you are using a strength you have a lot of runway left. When you are not, it is harder.
The other part of understanding the Strength language is that it allows you to honor the Strengths of others. I had my wife read the book and find her strength themes. I can now honor her by understanding her and feeding her strengths.
I love the "make it up, and make it happen" part of GTD. Once you learn a truth about yourself it is your choice on what to do next.
For reference: The name of the book is Now, Discover Your Stregths. Here is a link:
http://www.amazon.com/Discover-Your...=pd_bbs_1/102-3741429-5374567?ie=UTF8&s=books
I hope this adds to the discussion.