by Tom Rath
This is a fantastic resource to help you uncover your strengths and how to capitalize on your natural talents. The information is useful for your personal and professional life.There is also an online "Gallup" Strength Finder assessment. My signature themes or top 5 strengths in order of dominance...
Helpful. This is not so much a book as an assistant to the on-line tool. I'm still thinking about whether or not I got an accurate reading on my top five because this, like most personality tests, is highly subjective and there is always room for self-fulfilling prophecy or misunderstood questions. ...
(Needed to read it so I'd know what to write for my therapist profile on the company website.) Completely agree with the premise that too much focus is put on fixing our weaknesses rather than strengthening our specific talents.
Right, so this book was assigned to us at work so that we can find our strengths and play to them, supposedly. I dislike assigned reading type stuff, but hey, I also like having a paycheck. So I read it. And then took the assessment...I thought that the first part of the book, the part that explains...