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Highly recommended. How else can you have your strengths identified for less that $13.
The book I ordered through Amazon arrived with the password RIPPED OUT of the back of the book. I wrote a letter of complaint but received NO response.
I should have done that the first time. FYI: ordering this book was my second attempt.My first attempt was downloading the book on my Kindle - The kindle version does NOT include an online password either.so another $10 down the shoots.After hearing nothing back from amazon - I went to the local bookstore and bought a $15 copy WITH the online password.
Every book has a sealed envelope in the back with an online password so you can take the test. Without the test - the book gives me no reference point and serves no purpose.
I am learning.to date I've invested over $35 in one little book. Once you take the test - you can look up your strengths in the book.
So 0 obviously I was unable to take the test.
Just be aware - you don't get access to the order of your other 29 unless you pay lots of money for it. This book also has the code for the 'updated' StrengthsFinder test, which shows you your top 5 strengths. This book contains the 34 basic strengths that were introduced and explained in great detail in "Now, Discover Your Strengths." That book does an excellent job explaining how talents, skills, and strengths differ from each other and is a mandatory read. I would recommend reading it before purchasing this Strengths Finder 2.0 book.This book rehashes the basic description of those 34 strengths, but it also adds some insightful commentary for each strength as to how it manifests itself.
This seems more designed to assist in improving their bottom line than realistically helping you better assess your personality and strengths. There are plenty of legitimate tools out there that let you assess and review your responses as you take them. This was recommended and I took it, but the test is timed and you only have one chance to answer the questions that are critical to the rest of the book making sense. I was a bit busy when I tried to take it and was quite displeased to find out the only way to update or revise your responses is to buy the book again.
For anyone who is not sure what they should be doing with their life, this book is a valuable resource. After you complete the online portion, the results of the analysis give a clear picture of who you can be when you focus your energy on your personal talents, and the book also offers an online support community. I highly recommend this book. It has given me a shift in how I think, from focusing in areas in which I am not gifted, to focusing on my personal strengths, and this has given me a new found sense of self-confidence and understanding of how I can put my talents to use most efficiently in my job and life.
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