A review by missberlyreads
Strengthsfinder 2.0 by Tom Rath

2.0

There may be 174 pages in this book, but you end up reading only about 50 if you're simply using it as the tool that it is to discover and learn more about your specific strengths. The first 30 or so pages were an introduction to the concept of working to develop your strengths rather than working to fix your weaknesses. I'm on board with that idea, but it's not a new approach for me. After those 30 pages, you go online and take their assessment survey. You select the thing that most resonates with you and rate it along a scale. I do wish that in their instruction they were clear about how scale impacts your responses, specifically noting that neutral responses carry no weight in your evaluation. I understand that would likely have resulted in less authentic responses and may have yielded less relevant themes. However, I can't help but wonder what my strengths would have been if I HAD to choose one thing or the other. Once you discover your talents, they give you some "personalized" insights and suggestions for an action plan. You do need to take time after you receive this information to come up with a plan to live and work from your strengths. I look forward to the reflection and planning. All in all this is a fine & speedy read. I am not walking away with a whole lot of new knowledge. I was already familiar with the concept, and my results were not surprising to me at all. I wish I read through all the themes and picked which I thought might be my top 5. It did reinforce things I already recognized in myself, but I'm prone to that sort of introspection.