Discover Your Strengths

I was reading John Assaraf and Murray Smith's book "The Answer" last night (fascinating book by the way!) where they talk about discovering your unique strengths -because your strengths are what provide you with the tools to build your life in ways that take maximum advantage of those aspects of yourself. This when your goals come easily!

Discover your Strengths

"NOW, DISCOVER YOUR STRENGTHS" written by Buckingham and Clifton provide some of those answers. Based on a Gallup study of over two million people who have excelled in their careers, NOW, DISCOVER YOUR STRENGTHS uses a revolutionary programme to help readers discover their distinct talents and strengths. The product of a twenty-five year, multi-million pound effort to identify the most prevalent human talents, the StrengthsFinder programme introduces thirty-four talents or 'themes' and reveals how they can best be translated into personal and career success.

Each copy of the book contains a unique password that gives the reader access to the StrengthsFinder Profile, a Web-based interview that analyses people's instinctive reactions and immediately presents them with their five most dominant strengths. Once readers know which of the thirty-four talent themes dominates their personality, they can make practical applications at three levels: as an individual, as a manager and within an organisation. Readers learn what kind of environments will allow them to flourish; how managers can better cultivate their employers' talents; and how almost all organisations inhibit the talents of their people and need to change.