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3.65 AVERAGE
3.65 AVERAGE
Don’t bother. The whole concept is kind of scammy and the quiz really didn’t yield any “personalized” results like it claims. Also the book comes with a one time use code, so it can’t even be shared.
این کتاب رو 4 سال بود داشتم ولی تازه امسال با دیدن یه ویدئو که یه بخشیش هم راجع به استعدادیابی صحبت شده بود و این کتاب رو معرفی کرده بود دوباره رفتم سراغش و خوندمش. توی این کتاب 34 تا نقطه قوت رو آرده و توضیح داده راجع بهشون و بعد از معرفی هر کدوم یه سری مثال و پیشنهاداتی هم داده. گفته شده که هر کس توی 5 تا از این نقطه قوت ها توانایی خیلی زیادی داره و اگه بتونه 5 تا نقطه قوت برتر خودش رو شناسایی کنه میتونه شغلش رو طوری انتخاب کنه که بتونه توش از اون نقطه قوت ها استفاده کنه. و حتی با شناسایی نقاط قوتی که توشون قوی نیستیم میتونیم برنامه بریزیم که تقویتشون کنیم. کتاب خوبی بود من چند تا نقطه قوت هام رو شناختم البته بهتر بود پرسشنامه هم داشت توش که به شناخت بیشتر کمک میکرد.
Liked the test, the book just explains the various categories that the test might but you into.
The test gave me enough good ideas to work on, might go back and read about the other possible categories, but not anytime soon.
The test gave me enough good ideas to work on, might go back and read about the other possible categories, but not anytime soon.
This book was super informative. I was gifted this book at a job interview I went on recently and It really helped me learn about myself as well as the people around me. It gave a whole different positive mindset and really elaborated upon tons of different skills.
I would recommend it to anyone college and up!
I would recommend it to anyone college and up!
As other reviews have said: great premise, lousy execution. The idea is that our strengths are based on temperament, which does not really change much even with tremendous work, so we should focus on developing our true strengths. (This is, in my opinion, absolutely true.) And the test you take is supposed to tell you what those strengths are. This is where it gets very shaky. The 34 strengths were developed by reviewing apparently immense data from Gallup surveys from successful people, but they really could have used a lot more editing. I found there was a lot of overlap in mine and nothing really to distinguish one particular strength from another similar strength. Also, the book contains the descriptions of all the strengths, but the test code you get with the book will only give you your top five strengths, not your rating in all 34 - to get that you have to buy the super expensive version, apparently. I did find some utility in the development plan suggestions, but mostly they were things I already knew. (The utility is enough to get this 2 stars instead of 1.) On the whole, there are much better temperament sorters that will give you much better insight into your strengths and weaknesses. Such as this one: [b:Please Understand Me II: Temperament, Character, Intelligence|104190|Please Understand Me II Temperament, Character, Intelligence|David Keirsey|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1348283521s/104190.jpg|100461]
informative
medium-paced
This was fairly disappointing - especially since I did indeed shell out the $15 to take their quiz and find my five strengths.
While the strengths were unsurprising (I likely could have picked them out of the list myself), what was most disappointing was the lack of direction for how to best use these strengths, and their absolute refusal to consider weak points (since this is after all, about finding and focusing on your strengths). I got some nice two line blurbs from other "people" (I would bet my $15 that they are mostly fictional) about how they use the particular strength, and told what the best partner type would be to that strength.
But that's it. I paid $15 to get a description of myself I already sort of knew, and told to find other people (who have also shelled out $15) who are a particular type to shore up my weak points and balance my particular set. Except, I did this on my own not as part of an organization.
I could understand how this would work in organizations with large teams. I can even understand how it may be beneficial for those who are less confident about their strength areas. But otherwise, this was a giant waste of $15 and checking out a book from the Library. I'm not even sure it was worth the time it took me to take the quiz and read the sections. Oh, by the way, the print outs you get after the quiz are essentially re-writes of the book sections. So save yourself one or the other.
My suggestion for Strengths Finder 3.0? Cut back on your ridiculously long list of strengths, give longer sections with more detail about each one, and suggestions on areas for improvement and focus. Stop telling me to rely on other people who have ostensibly taken your same damn quiz. Give me an idea of industries and roles that are well suited to that particular strength set. Talk about how strengths can work well or against one another. You know. Those things you promised, but didn't deliver on in Strengths Finder 2.0.
While the strengths were unsurprising (I likely could have picked them out of the list myself), what was most disappointing was the lack of direction for how to best use these strengths, and their absolute refusal to consider weak points (since this is after all, about finding and focusing on your strengths). I got some nice two line blurbs from other "people" (I would bet my $15 that they are mostly fictional) about how they use the particular strength, and told what the best partner type would be to that strength.
But that's it. I paid $15 to get a description of myself I already sort of knew, and told to find other people (who have also shelled out $15) who are a particular type to shore up my weak points and balance my particular set. Except, I did this on my own not as part of an organization.
I could understand how this would work in organizations with large teams. I can even understand how it may be beneficial for those who are less confident about their strength areas. But otherwise, this was a giant waste of $15 and checking out a book from the Library. I'm not even sure it was worth the time it took me to take the quiz and read the sections. Oh, by the way, the print outs you get after the quiz are essentially re-writes of the book sections. So save yourself one or the other.
My suggestion for Strengths Finder 3.0? Cut back on your ridiculously long list of strengths, give longer sections with more detail about each one, and suggestions on areas for improvement and focus. Stop telling me to rely on other people who have ostensibly taken your same damn quiz. Give me an idea of industries and roles that are well suited to that particular strength set. Talk about how strengths can work well or against one another. You know. Those things you promised, but didn't deliver on in Strengths Finder 2.0.
This book was enlightening for me. At first, I didn't agree with two of the top five I got, but after thinking about it for a while I realized how those two traits were very much me. Understanding myself more after such realizations gives me the ability to live my life better. What more could someone ask for?
This book was really accurate at finding and describing my strengths, but the advice on how to use those strengths was vague and applied mostly to people in the corporate business world.