Now, Discover Your Strengths
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: Free Press
BBB Library: Psychology and Strengths, Personal Success
ISBN: 978-0743201148
Editorial Review
Guided by the belief that good is the opposite of bad, mankind has for centuries pursued its fixation with fault and failing. Doctors have studied disease in order to learn about health. Psychologists have investigated sadness in order to learn about joy. Therapists have looked into the causes of divorce in order to learn about happy marriage. Also, in schools and workplaces around the world, each one of us has been encouraged to identify, analyze, and correct our weaknesses in order to become strong. This advice is well-intended, but misguided. Faults and failings deserve study, but they reveal little about strengths. Strengths have their special patterns. To excel in your chosen field and to find lasting satisfaction in doing so, you will need to understand your unique patterns. You will need to become an expert at finding, describing, applying, practicing, and refining your strengths. So all you have to do is shift your focus. Suspend whatever interest you may have in weakness and instead explore the intricate detail of your strengths. Take the Strengths-Finder profile. Learn its language. Discover the source of your strengths.
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To be drawn toward strangers and to enjoy the challenge of making a connection with them is a talent, whereas the ability to build a network of supporters who know you and are prepared to help you is strength.
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