Where this comes from, and what it cannot do
The classification of 24 character strengths under six virtues comes from Peterson and Seligman (2004). Their position is that everyone carries a handful of strengths that sit at the top and cost the least to use, and that developing those carries further than continually patching the weaker ones.
Peterson, C., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2004). Character strengths and virtues: A handbook and classification. New York: Oxford University Press; Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Limits: these items were written by Hour Light. They are not the official VIA questionnaire and have not been through reliability or validity testing. A strength ranking describes what comes easily to you. It grades nobody's character and it predicts no achievement.
