Strengths Finder 2.0 by Tom Rath is an amazing book that will help you to identify your talents, the areas you are good at. If you could live your life using these talents your days would be more productive and you could live a happier life free from most of the stress and frustration.

The all book is focused on the idea that there are things we are naturally born talented with and other things we don’t like that much. So in our life we should tend to focus more on improving in the area we are more talented, focusing more on our strengths and not our weaknesses.

In my case is clear that I am more focused on the future that in the past, so a job that would force me to work with old procedures will kill me and on the other end I love challenges jobs where the procedures are always upgraded and I have to keep always an eye into what’s happening next. For someone else could be the opposite and it’s important to understand what we are good at so we can make people focus on their strengths and not their weaknesses.

When you buy the book you will receive a unique code. With that code you have access to an on line assessment that, in about 30minutes, will help you defining your top 5 strengths. You will also get 10 ideas for action for every talent, for a total of 50ideas, things you would do in your life to bring it to the next level.

Here are my strengths

Individualization
People who are especially talented in the Individualization theme are intrigued with the unique qualities of each person. They have a gift for figuring out how people who are different can work together productively.

Futuristic
People who are especially talented in the Futuristic theme are inspired by the future and what could be. They inspire others with their visions of the future.

Ideation
People who are especially talented in the Ideation theme are fascinated by ideas. They are able to find connections between seemingly disparate phenomena.

Activator
People who are especially talented in the Activator theme can make things happen by turning thoughts into action. They are often impatient.

Learner
People who are especially talented in the Learner theme have a great desire to learn and want to continuously improve. In particular, the process of learning, rather than the outcome, excites them.

After finding my strengths I decided to open this blog. It seems that I am good at inspiring people, I love ideas and I make things happen. Basically good talents when your plan is to change the world

Stop devoting time to your shortcomings and start focusing on your strengths.

For those of you who are interested this is the complete list of talents:

Achiever, Activator, Adaptability, Analytical, Arranger, Belief, 
Command,Communication, Competition, Connectedness, Consistency,
Context, Deliberative, Developer, Discipline, Empathy, Focus, 
Futuristic, Harmony, Ideation, Includer, Individualization,
Input, Intellection,  Learner, Maximizer, Positivity, 
Relator, Responsibility, Restorative, Self-Assurance,
Significance , Strategic, Woo