Goal-Setting for Women: Understanding your Strengths with Caroline Adams Miller

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Goal-Setting for Women: Understanding your Strengths with Caroline Adams Miller - Part 2
In part two of my interview with Caroline Adams Miller, she explores goal setting for women. We talk about gender differences and what women can do to achieve their dreams.
The episode explores how women can effectively achieve their big goals by understanding their character strengths and confiding in the right supportive networks. Carolyn Adams Miller shares valuable insights into goal setting, the significance of a strong support system, and practical steps for personal growth.
In this episode, you will learn:
• Gender differences in goal achievement
• The importance of confiding in the right people for support
• Why women benefit from a mastermind group
• The difference between learning goals and performance goals
• Understanding and utilizing character strengths for success
• Empowering conversations about strengths with family and friends
• Resources for listeners to assess and leverage their strengths
You can take the VIA Character Strength Survey here. The survey is free.
Bio:
For over 30 years, Caroline Adams Miller has been a trailblazer in advancing these fields, helping individuals and organizations reach their most ambitious goals and improve overall wellbeing. She was among the first to earn a Master of Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) from the University of Pennsylvania in 2006, a program pioneered by Dr. Martin Seligman, the founder of positive psychology. Caroline also graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University, laying the groundwork for her future achievements in
psychology and personal development. She is a black-belt martial artist and a Masters swimmer.
Caroline is the author of nine influential books, including:
• My Name is Caroline (Doubleday 1988, Gurze 2000, Cogent 2014), a pioneering recovery memoir that has given hope to countless individuals battling eating disorders.
• Getting Grit (SoundsTrue 2017), which explores the science of perseverance and was recognized as one of the “top ten books that will change your life” in 2017 and one of the “top 25 books that will help you find your purpose” in 2023.
• Creating Your Best Life (Sterling 2009, 2021), a #1-ranked book on goal-setting that combines the science of success with research on happiness and was the first mass-market book to bridge these fields using Locke and Latham’s goalsetting theory.
• Big Goals (Wiley, 2024), which offers an accessible, updated framework for
achieving significant goals, incorporating modern research on mindset, grit,
artificial intelligence, and resilience. It provides practical strategies for both
personal and organizational success, grounded in 15 years of new research in
positive psychology. This book is destined to change the way people view
goalsetting and has been selected as a must-read for The Next Big Idea Club.
Her books have been translated into multiple languages, including German, Korean, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, and Italian, reaching a global audience
You can find more information about Caroline Adams Miller here.

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Chapters

1. Goal-Setting for Women: Understanding your Strengths with Caroline Adams Miller (00:00:00)

2. Empowering Women Through Strengths and Goals (00:00:01)

3. Confide in the wrong people (00:01:17)

4. Mastermind group (00:02:30)

5. VIA Character Strengths (00:04:22)

6. Gallup Strengths (00:09:09)