7 Key Strengths that Drive Quantum Leaps

Are you curious to know what personal traits will serve you best in making a quantum leap from you to “you squared”?

Based on my decades of experience as a psychologist and consultant to executives in major corporations, a handful of attributes stand out as particularly critical success factors for breakthrough performance. I consider these seven key strengths to be the most valuable personality assets when you’re shooting for you².

Take a couple of minutes and rate yourself on each characteristic.

1. Can-Do Attitude (A success-minded bias to “go for it” and make things happen; a sense of agency; optimistic in spirit)
2. Resilience (Ability to take problems in stride; rapid recovery from setbacks or failure; change-adaptive)
3. Creativity & Innovation (Imaginative in coming up with viable new ideas; open to fresh and original approaches)
4. Risk Tolerance (Readiness to experiment, explore new territory, or take different chances; venturesome)
5. Resourcefulness (Ability to craft useful and unique solutions in challenging situations; clever use of whatever means are available)
6. Tolerance for Ambiguity (Ability to deal with uncertainty and unpredictability)
7. Staying Power (Emotional stamina; relentless pursuit of the goal at hand; perseverance)

High ratings are no guarantee of success, but low or mediocre scores on several traits signal greater difficulty in making a quantum leap.

The idea here is to give you key behavioral and attitudinal guideposts on how to conduct yourself in executing a breakthrough to you². Hopefully that journey will provide you the opportunity for further growth in all seven of these top-priority strengths.

Rage on!