654: How to Tap Into Your Genius Zone with 34 Strong’s Darren Virassammy

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🗓️ 29 March 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Darren Virassammy shares his expert tips on how to make the strengths work best for you and your team.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) How strengths can both be an asset and a liability

2) The surprising sign of genius

3) The trick to turn your blind spots into strengths

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— ABOUT DARREN —

Darren Virassammy is the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of 34 Strong, comprised of a team that believes everyone deserves a great place to work and that any workplace can be great. A leading expert in the global employee engagement community, the 34 Strong team leverages the Strengths-Based approach to human development to create massive shifts within organizations, both culturally and on the bottom line. He and his team have created sustainable change in small microbusinesses, all the way up to large organizational teams at the FDA, Bank of America, and The California Department of Public Health. Darren is the co-host of the Leading Strong podcast and the host of The Nature Advantage podcast.

• Darren's LinkedIn: Darren Virassammy

• Darren's podcast: Leading Strong

• Darren's podcast: The Nature Advantage

• Darren's website: 34Strong.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Assessment: CliftonStrengths Assessment

• Book: Incredible Parent: Discover Your Parenting Strengths and Raise Your Kids with Confidence by Brandon Miller and Analyn Miller

• Book: Think And Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill

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• Previous episode: 643: The Overlooked Fundamentals of Inspiring and Managing Teams with 15Five’s Shane Metcalf

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome to the How to Be Awesome at Your Job Podcast.
0:04.1	The show where brilliant professionals share how to sharpen the universal skills required
0:08.6	to flourish at work.
0:10.2	Enjoy more career fun, wins, meaning, and money.
0:14.2	With your host, Pete McHydus.
0:16.2	Hello and thanks for joining us here on episode 654 with Darren Verisami.
0:24.8	Darren has some pro tips on how to make your strengths work as best as they can for huge
0:30.8	results for both you and your team.
0:32.6	See, all there in one, how strengths can be both an asset and a liability to the surprising
0:38.3	sign of genius and three, the trick to turn your blind spots into strengths.
0:43.7	So, do you want to check out the show notes or the transcripts or the links to ours.
0:46.8	We've referenced, please drop on by awesome at your job.com slash F654.
0:52.1	And while you add awesome at your job.com, check out some cool resources like the magnifying
0:55.8	glass, which lets you search the full text transcript of every episode we've ever had.
1:01.0	So, that's pretty cool.
1:02.3	Now here's Darren's story.
1:03.3	Darren Verisami is the co-founder and chief operating officer of 34 Strong, which is comprised
1:09.0	of a team that believes everyone deserves a great place to work and that any workplace
1:13.2	can be great.
1:14.2	A leading expert in the global employee engagement community, the 34 Strong team leverages
1:18.7	the strengths based approach to human development to create massive shifts within organizations,
1:23.2	both culturally and on the bottom line.
	...

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