In life it is better learn what our natural talents and abilities are and focus on them. Most of the time people focus on weaknesses and work to make them better. Strengths Finder calls this the “Path of Most resistance”. This book gets us to shift our thinking towards finding what we are best at, then changing our lives to take into account our newly found strengths.

Strengths Finder 2.0 is based on the Clifton Strengths Finder assessment designed to uncover certain key talents. Studies and research studies realized that there’s a lot more to understanding human talent than most people know. Learning about patterns of thought, feeling, and behavior that can be productively applied. The patterns are categorized into 34 broad themes such as Achiever, Idealization, and Relator, in turn those themes indicate and predict one’s innate and unique talents. The book teaches us to use those talents and when multiplied by the investment of time spent practicing, developing skills, and building knowledge, can become strengths.