BOOK RECOMMENDATION!
Read...StrengthsFinder 2.0. You have to buy the book so that you get your personalized access code to the online assessment. The test finds your top five strengths out of 34 strengths. It's seriously amazing.
Both Best Buy and Wells Fargo heavily use this assessment in both training and everyday work. In speaking with the few people I know who've taken the test, I've been amazed at how accurate the results seem to be. Not only does it help me understand why these people behave in the way they do, it also helps me understand the best way for me to interact.
The website: www.strengthsfinder.com will have some additional information (especially if you buy the book and take the assessment). In addition to a short description of each strength, you get a fuller explanation of how that strength might manifest itself in your personality based on the other four strengths. Here are my Top 5 strengths and a short description of each:
Positivity:
People who are especially talented in the Positivity theme have an enthusiasm that is contagious. They are upbeat and can get others excited about what they are going to do.
Developer:
People who are especially talented in the Developer theme recognize and cultivate the potential in others. They spot the signs of each small improvement and derive satisfaction from these improvements.
Activator:
People who are especially talented in the Activator theme can make things happen by turning thoughts into action. They are often impatient.
Input:
People who are especially talented in the Input theme have a craving to know more. Often they like to collect and archive all kinds of information.
Arranger:
People who are especially talented in the Arranger theme can organize, but they also have a flexibility that complements this ability. They like to figure out how all of the pieces and resources can be arranged for maximum productivity.
I can post the fuller explanations if anyone is interested. I actually thought that was the cooler part anyway.
So yeah, it's pretty awesome! And it's so insightful (and yes, my excitement and urging of you to participate is both my Positivity and Activator themes emerging)... :o)
2 comments:
Those things are so you! Wow! I enjoy personality tests - how much does the book cost?
And did you sign up to put ads on your blog? Do you get paid for that? If so, it could help fuel my chai addiction.
Strengths Finder is the best personality test, IMHO. We had to take a bunch of those at Sem, and that was the one that I actually felt was helpful in understanding who I am in a deeper way. I can't remember all of mine, but the top ones were Woo, Communication, Futurist...I wish I could remember the other two. Oh well, yeah for strengths!
Good to see you back to blogging. I'm soooooo bored in my class right now.
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