Comments on: 12 Essential Lessons to Maximize Your Personal Strengths http://www.lifeoptimizer.org/2007/09/13/12-essential-lessons-to-maximize-your-personal-strengths/ How to Live Life to the Fullest - Personal Growth and Effectiveness Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:04:57 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: From Dominique's Desk http://www.lifeoptimizer.org/2007/09/13/12-essential-lessons-to-maximize-your-personal-strengths/comment-page-1/#comment-158121 From Dominique's Desk Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:27:13 +0000 http://www.lifeoptimizer.org/2007/09/13/12-essential-lessons-to-maximize-your-personal-strengths/#comment-158121 [...] 12 Essential Lessons to Maximising your personal Strengths [...] [...] 12 Essential Lessons to Maximising your personal Strengths [...]

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]]> By: 6 Roles That Increase Your Value http://www.lifeoptimizer.org/2007/09/13/12-essential-lessons-to-maximize-your-personal-strengths/comment-page-1/#comment-127033 6 Roles That Increase Your Value Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:55:28 +0000 http://www.lifeoptimizer.org/2007/09/13/12-essential-lessons-to-maximize-your-personal-strengths/#comment-127033 [...] Which role do you think is best for you? In practice you may have more than one role but you should choose just one as your core competence. Spreading yourself too thin won’t do you good. To increase your value, choose the role in which you have personal strengths. [...] [...] Which role do you think is best for you? In practice you may have more than one role but you should choose just one as your core competence. Spreading yourself too thin won’t do you good. To increase your value, choose the role in which you have personal strengths. [...]

]]> By: Law of Success: The Untold Secrets » Blog Archive » Strengths and Success http://www.lifeoptimizer.org/2007/09/13/12-essential-lessons-to-maximize-your-personal-strengths/comment-page-1/#comment-120589 Law of Success: The Untold Secrets » Blog Archive » Strengths and Success Wed, 28 Jan 2009 21:14:04 +0000 http://www.lifeoptimizer.org/2007/09/13/12-essential-lessons-to-maximize-your-personal-strengths/#comment-120589 [...] and appreciate your strengths, your success will increase. As you increase your awareness of your personal strengths, others will notice your [...] [...] and appreciate your strengths, your success will increase. As you increase your awareness of your personal strengths, others will notice your [...]

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]]> By: Top 10 Things You Should Change in Your Life to Get What You Want http://www.lifeoptimizer.org/2007/09/13/12-essential-lessons-to-maximize-your-personal-strengths/comment-page-1/#comment-101447 Top 10 Things You Should Change in Your Life to Get What You Want Mon, 06 Oct 2008 11:05:17 +0000 http://www.lifeoptimizer.org/2007/09/13/12-essential-lessons-to-maximize-your-personal-strengths/#comment-101447 [...] the intersection between what matter to you and your personal strengths. You may want to make one list for each and find similar items in both lists. These are your [...] [...] the intersection between what matter to you and your personal strengths. You may want to make one list for each and find similar items in both lists. These are your [...]

]]> By: Donald Latumahina http://www.lifeoptimizer.org/2007/09/13/12-essential-lessons-to-maximize-your-personal-strengths/comment-page-1/#comment-94297 Donald Latumahina Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:55:19 +0000 http://www.lifeoptimizer.org/2007/09/13/12-essential-lessons-to-maximize-your-personal-strengths/#comment-94297 Allen, Thanks for the kind words! I appreciate it. I haven't read Seligman's book so I can't compare it with Now, Discover Your Strengths. It looks interesting though. Allen,
Thanks for the kind words! I appreciate it. I haven’t read Seligman’s book so I can’t compare it with Now, Discover Your Strengths. It looks interesting though.

]]> By: Allen Baird http://www.lifeoptimizer.org/2007/09/13/12-essential-lessons-to-maximize-your-personal-strengths/comment-page-1/#comment-94108 Allen Baird Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:35:49 +0000 http://www.lifeoptimizer.org/2007/09/13/12-essential-lessons-to-maximize-your-personal-strengths/#comment-94108 Donald, greetings from Northern Ireland. I've recently discovered your site while googling for articles on 'signature strengths'. I thought this was a useful summary of the Buckingham/Clifton book. It led me to enjoy many of your other blogs & articles. We intend to place your blog on the 'personal development' section of our website. Keep on running! BTW have you Seligman's stoff on 'strengths and virtues'? How do you think it compares to this one? Donald, greetings from Northern Ireland. I’ve recently discovered your site while googling for articles on ’signature strengths’. I thought this was a useful summary of the Buckingham/Clifton book. It led me to enjoy many of your other blogs & articles. We intend to place your blog on the ‘personal development’ section of our website. Keep on running! BTW have you Seligman’s stoff on ’strengths and virtues’? How do you think it compares to this one?

]]> By: Donald Latumahina http://www.lifeoptimizer.org/2007/09/13/12-essential-lessons-to-maximize-your-personal-strengths/comment-page-1/#comment-78156 Donald Latumahina Mon, 23 Jun 2008 16:58:43 +0000 http://www.lifeoptimizer.org/2007/09/13/12-essential-lessons-to-maximize-your-personal-strengths/#comment-78156 Nick, Your information is interesting. From what I read, Now, Discover Your Strengths is a good book. It also has good reputation. Perhaps you can show me an article that has more information about why Gallup is not reliable? Nick,
Your information is interesting. From what I read, Now, Discover Your Strengths is a good book. It also has good reputation. Perhaps you can show me an article that has more information about why Gallup is not reliable?

]]> By: Nick / www.talent-talk.com http://www.lifeoptimizer.org/2007/09/13/12-essential-lessons-to-maximize-your-personal-strengths/comment-page-1/#comment-77252 Nick / www.talent-talk.com Fri, 20 Jun 2008 05:46:47 +0000 http://www.lifeoptimizer.org/2007/09/13/12-essential-lessons-to-maximize-your-personal-strengths/#comment-77252 Great summary Donald but beware! Buckhingham's definition of 'talent' is misleading. A 'naturally-recurring behavior' can be positive or negative. Would you seriously, for example, advise a kleptomaniac to build his strength as a thief? Highlands (www.highlandsco.com) focuses on talents in their neutral (and natural!) sense. Their definitions are scientific. Professionally I have used Gallup's strengthfinder and the one thing I did find was their tool, and definitions, were a right bag of spanners. They were totally unscientific with no proof of how they arrived at their definitions (like 'woo' for example). We had to deal with a 'relator' who was more like Adolf Hitler then Princess Diana. Keep up the good work! Great summary Donald but beware! Buckhingham’s definition of ‘talent’ is misleading.

A ‘naturally-recurring behavior’ can be positive or negative. Would you seriously, for example, advise a kleptomaniac to build his strength as a thief?

Highlands (www.highlandsco.com) focuses on talents in their neutral (and natural!) sense. Their definitions are scientific.

Professionally I have used Gallup’s strengthfinder and the one thing I did find was their tool, and definitions, were a right bag of spanners.

They were totally unscientific with no proof of how they arrived at their definitions (like ‘woo’ for example). We had to deal with a ‘relator’ who was more like Adolf Hitler then Princess Diana.

Keep up the good work!

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