Character Strength Builder

Set goals and track progress for character strengths and communication skills.

This app combines ideas from the research of Angela Duckworth (http://angeladuckworth.com) and Gabrielle Oettingen (http://www.woopmylife.org). This app was created to help develop communication and character skills promoted by Duckworth and the Positive Psychology movement: grit, self-control, zest, gratitude, optimism, and curiosity the character strengths. The method to works on these goals is based on Oettingen's book "Rethinking Positive Thinking", in which she says that just imagining your goals makes them less likely to be reached, that you have to continue and come up with a plan to surmount the obstacles that may arise.

This app was created by Robert Willey with Jessica Stanford, Cory Dewitt, Alex Roark, and Tyler Green at Ball State University, as part of their capstone project under the direction of Dr. Lan Lin.

For more information visit http://lovelythinking.com