Sunday, May 31, 2009

More books...


I am always looking for new books that have to do with discovering your talents and developing them into strengths. I have found two more which I am currently reading and I hope to write a review here soon:

1) "Discover Your Genius: How to Think Like History's Ten Most Revolutionary Minds" by Michael J. Gelb

2) "Fitting in is Overrated: The Survival Guide For Anyone Who Has Ever Felt Like an Outsider", by Leonard Felder, PhD.

3 comments:

Marcelo Egéa said...

Matthias,
why not "Outliers" - Malcolm Gladwell? His ideas on how human potention can be reveled are very intresting, focusing on the practice (10k hours, he says). Just another point of view, not necessarly the opposite. BR, Marcelo Egéa

Matthias said...

Thanks for this valuable suggestion, Marcelo! Indeed, I have read almost half of "Outliers", and it is a great book, very relevant for people on their strengths quest.

Although I knew already from my Gallup training that developing talents into strengths can be hard word that requires a lot of practice, this book opened my eyes even more to this important fact.

In the first half of the book which I have read so far, Malcom Gladwell seems to make little reference to the importance of innate talents in success. I am curious to read on to see whether there is more to it.

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