Soar with Your Strengths
Author: Paula Nelson, Donald O. Clifton
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ISBN: 044050564X
Publisher: Dell (09 December, 1995)
Sales Rank: 4,694
Average Customer Rating: 4.69 out of 5
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Rating: 5 out of 5
A cornerstone to a better future.
Dr. Clifton's "Soar With Your Strengths" has helped me to identify why my carreer has not taken off to this point. I can see now that I have a tendency to focus on my weaknesses, while at the same time making the mistake of overlooking my strengths and ultimate potential. This book challenges the absurdity of this common mistake and enlightens the reader to a strengths approach as it relates to carreer planning, interpersal relations, etc.
I would encourage anyone unhappy in their current carreer, anyone who wants success to come easy to them, or anyone who has a hand in managing the lifes, or carreers of others to read this book.
Lastly I would like to commend the author on his writting style. This book is truly a joy to read, and to the point.
Thank you Dr. Clifton for sharing this book with the world.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Outstanding guide for success
Donald Clifton and Paula Nelson tap an important principle: Focus on strength and manage weakness. They offer a step by step process to identify personal and corporate strengths and discuss how doing more of what you do well launches you into super achievement mode. This is a quick and excellent read for anyone interested in personal or business success.Another book that takes a more analytical approach to the principles outlined in this book is "The 80/20 Principle" by Richard Koch. Reading both books together will convince you beyond any doubt that there is power and purpose to the success foundations found in these pages.
Rating: 3 out of 5
An early effort on Strengths-based organizations...
Donald O. Clifton is more recently the co-author of "Now Discover your Strengths." Soar with your strengths is obviously an earlier version of that book without the web-based testing or defined "themes". "Soar" has the stories and suggestions behind the data found in "Now Discover". Nothing new here, but the stories may help those who struggle with the concepts in "Now Discover". I particularly liked the rabbit story at the beginning (which I empathized with) and the suggestions at the end of the book about imagining your goals and dreams. Again, nothing new here, but some really nice illustrations of material found in other books.
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