Strength Finder 2.0
I love to take tests. I am not always happy with the results but I never mind taking a test just to see how well I can do in any given subject. Recently I was told about a book called Strengths Finder 2.0 which allows the owner of the book to go online with a special code to take a test to see where your personal strengths are.
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I ordered the book from Amazon and couldn’t wait to get into the book and see what it could say about ME.
The entire book is based around the results of the online test you need to take. Each chapter is an explination of one of the talent traits that identify people.
DO YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO WHAT YOU DO BEST EVERY DAY?
Chances are, you don’t. All too often, our natural talents go untapped. From the cradle to the cubicle, we devote more time to fixing our shortcomings than to developing our strengths.
To help people uncover their talents, Gallup introduced the first version of its online assessment, Strengths Finder, in the 2001 management book Now, Discover Your Strengths. The book spent more than five years on the bestseller lists and ignited a global conversation, while Strengths Finder helped millions to discover their top five talents.
In its latest national bestseller, StrengthsFinder 2.0, Gallup unveils the new and improved version of its popular assessment, language of 34 themes, and much more (see below for details). While you can read this book in one sitting, you’ll use it as a reference for decades.
Loaded with hundreds of strategies for applying your strengths, this new book and accompanying website will change the way you look at yourself — and the world around you — forever.
The test took about 20-30 minutes and IS timed. If you don’t answer the question in about 60 seconds, it moves on to the next question without asking. That kind of sucked since I missed a couple of the questions but in reality if I had to take that long to answer the question, the answer I would have given really would have been a ‘best guess’ and not exactly relevant.
Out of the 34 themes a person can fall into, the test identifies your top 5. I think that most of us actually can be identified by more than 5 and could possibly identify with all of them in some way but I guess that’s why they point out a persons top 5.
Here are my top 5 strengths.
- Achiever
- Maximizer
- Relator
- Focus
- Self-Assurance
So what do all of these mean? You can order your own book and find out or you can see my personal strength break down here.
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#4808 October 1st, 2009 at 11:43 am
Just a big thanks for this great post – I don’t think I could say anything else that would do it justice. I have been reading a lot on here and have picked up some great ideas.
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