Strengths

I had coffee with a friend last night and got into a topic of conversation around the book "Strengths Finder" by Tom Rath. The conversation revolved around the aspect of "knowing oneself" and that the process outlined in the book (including the on-line test) gives one a pretty clear indication of the top 5 strengths and how to capitalize on them. Skimming over the contents of the book I was impressed with the passages related to capitalizing on strengths verses focusing on weaknesses and trying to improve those. Makes perfect sense to me...

I am contemplating stepping out and buying the book. This flies in the face of my "no self help" book mantra but it might be interesting to go through the exercise to determine where I sit...I have been spending some time in the last few weeks determining what I want to do next once my work contract has expired in October? Time to capitalize on those strengths!!!