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jmacl42's review against another edition
4.0
Helpful when paired with the online platform for identifying, improving and maximizing your personal strengths. It has been a fun beginning to a long journey. The book helps you get started and give you some ideas on how to work on your strengths, but the real battle is what you do to maintain and grow every day after that.
envy4's review against another edition
4.0
Fun way to learn about yourself.
I am: activator, connectedness, positivity, restorative and WOO.
I am: activator, connectedness, positivity, restorative and WOO.
blondierocket's review against another edition
5.0
Recommended by my new boss to read. The whole idea is that we spend too much time focusing on strengthening out weaknesses and not enough time continuing to grow in our strengths.
The first 30 pages are an introduction that leads you to taking an online evaluation that then tells you what your top 5 strengths are.
It was an awesome book to read, especially when trying to figure out a new career or if you’re unhappy in your current situation because it helps your focus on what you’re really good at, and then how to continue to strengthen those areas.
The first 30 pages are an introduction that leads you to taking an online evaluation that then tells you what your top 5 strengths are.
It was an awesome book to read, especially when trying to figure out a new career or if you’re unhappy in your current situation because it helps your focus on what you’re really good at, and then how to continue to strengthen those areas.
taylorreadingtime's review against another edition
3.0
Read this book for work, was insightful for my strengths, but it wasn't something I wasn't exactly surprised about, felt it gave some good tips for improving areas where we are more "challenged", frankly felt a lot of this was outdated and well, I enjoyed it more for the personality test aspect and the test itself was more interesting and felt it was accurate for my own traits. But anything used for a capitalistic gain, is not exactly my kind of jam. Overall not a bad listen (read this via audiobook).
sunrays118's review against another edition
3.0
This was an in depth test that I think actually produced accurate results. It was interesting to see where I fell and to read the descriptions of the categories. I think the test was most likely right. So, it was fun and it was somewhat informative...now what? Overall the book didn't give me that much insight on the different categories and the suggestions in some cases contradicted each other. I think it is useful to use in conjunction with additional career books or counselors. It is important to understand your strengths and this may or may not help. Alone, however, I do not think it is enough to give much to the reader.
books_and_beth's review against another edition
4.0
Interesting way to understand self at work and at home (I found that I’m an Achiever, Learner, Consistency, Responsibility, Strategic).
angmander's review against another edition
4.0
We are studying this book this year at work and I really enjoyed it.
I feel like the quiz was fairly accurate for me, so it was helpful to read about ways to strengthen those talents.
I feel like the quiz was fairly accurate for me, so it was helpful to read about ways to strengthen those talents.
alisonlaw's review against another edition
2.0
I agree with the premise of this book 100%. Rath hypothesizes that instead of spending most of our time trying to improve our areas of weakness (as most of us in the U.S. public school systems learn to do), we should instead focus our energies on cultivating our areas of strength. The formula that the author uses is Talent x Investment = Strength. This is the gist of the first 28 pages.
Here comes the rub. At Page 29 you read "Parting Thoughts." This is basically where the book ends and you're pointed to a website where you must register to take a test to help you identify your strengths.
Each book contains a unique access code that can only be used by one person. Do not buy this book if you want to share it and compare what you've learned with a friend. I also thought about donating the book to my public library system since it's a hardcover copy, but I know it would be completely useless to anyone checking it out. Essentially, you're paying $24.95 to take a test, not for a book. The remaining pages of the book are merely descriptions of the 34 themes, only five of which apply to you, based on the results of the online test.
In my case, the test results seem accurate, but not revelatory. I'm not sure the action ideas are truly helpful in telling me what to do with the information about my identified strengths.
It seems like the two goals of StrengthsFinder 2.0 are to (1) collect data and (2) sell research. The author works for Gallup, so I guess I should have seen that coming.
Here comes the rub. At Page 29 you read "Parting Thoughts." This is basically where the book ends and you're pointed to a website where you must register to take a test to help you identify your strengths.
Each book contains a unique access code that can only be used by one person. Do not buy this book if you want to share it and compare what you've learned with a friend. I also thought about donating the book to my public library system since it's a hardcover copy, but I know it would be completely useless to anyone checking it out. Essentially, you're paying $24.95 to take a test, not for a book. The remaining pages of the book are merely descriptions of the 34 themes, only five of which apply to you, based on the results of the online test.
In my case, the test results seem accurate, but not revelatory. I'm not sure the action ideas are truly helpful in telling me what to do with the information about my identified strengths.
It seems like the two goals of StrengthsFinder 2.0 are to (1) collect data and (2) sell research. The author works for Gallup, so I guess I should have seen that coming.