Character Positivities

Before the 21st century, numerous books had been written about ethical virtues, but there had been no systematic, global, and collective study of the positive psychological traits found in human beings, that is, their character strengths.

Then Positive Psychology appeared.

While the vast majority of branches of psychology focused on the negative (pathologies, disorders, traumas, maladjustment, unhappiness, etc.), positive psychology —founded by Martin Seligman, with roots in the humanist movement of Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers— emphasizes the positive: happiness, well-being, purpose.

In 2004, through a process of research and reflection that involved dozens of specialists in various disciplines that study human behavior, a new framework, a common language, a renewing approach was created: the Values ​​in Action Classification of Character Strengths and Virtues.

This framework is useful in several aspects of conscious personal development, especially, for self-knowledge. It proposes a test of 240 questions - already done by millions of people around the world - to self-evaluate our personality from the point of view of the 24 strengths or positivities of character. The result is an x-ray of our positive traits, ordered from most to least strong.

Being aware of the human positivities in general and our most outstanding positive traits in particular not only leads us to better understand ourselves and other people, but also inspires us to make better life decisions.

Blai Dalmau Solé