Appreciation of Beauty and Excellence

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Appreciation of Beauty and Excellence [awe, wonder, elevation]: Noticing and appreciating beauty, excellence, and/or skilled performance in various domains of life, from nature to art to mathematics to science to everyday experience. Personified for example by Walt Whitman (Source: VIA Institue)

The Noel Strengths Academy defines it this way:

•  Lives with a sense of awe 

•  Notices beauty wherever it may be found 

•  Appreciates excellence across the domains of life including the arts, math, science, etc. 

•  Has a sense of awareness when in nature 

•  Pursues wonder in everyday experience


Self-Regulation, self-control

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Self-Regulation [self-control]: Regulating what one feels and does; being disciplined; controlling one’s appetites and emotions. Personified for example by Jerry Rice (Source: VIA Institue)

The Noel Strengths Academy defines it this way:

•  When one is self-regulated, one is practicing self-control 

•  Self-regulation involves both feelings and actions 

•  Intentional in aligning choices with practices 


•  Able to discipline one’s natural inclinations for what is proper for the time and place