Love Of Learning As A Top Strength:

If Love of Learning is your top strength, you love learning new things, whether in a class or on your own. You have always loved school, reading, and museums-anywhere and everywhere there is an opportunity to learn.

Virtue Category:

Love of Learning falls in the virtue category of Wisdom. Wisdom deals with strengths that involve the way we acquire and use knowledge.

Key Concepts:

Love of learning describes the way in which a person engages new information and skills. Love of learning is a strength that teachers would like to see in their students, parents want to encourage in their children, therapists support in their clients, and employers try to foster in their employees. It has important motivational consequences because it helps people persist through challenges, setbacks and negative feedback.

Exercises For Boosting Love Of Learning:

Deliberately learn five new words, including their meaning and usage, at least twice a week.

Read a non-fiction book monthly on a topic you find absorbing and engaging.

Follow an ongoing global event through newspapers, TV or internet.