“From the cradle to the cubicle, we devote more time to our shortcomings than to our strengths.”
― Tom Rath, quote from Strengths Finder 2.0
“the key to human development is building on who you already are”
― Tom Rath, quote from Strengths Finder 2.0
“When we're able to put most of our energy into developing our natural talents, extraordinary room for growth exists. So, a revision to the "You-can-be-anything-you-want-to-be" maxim might be more accurate: You cannot be anything you want to be—but you can be a lot more of who you already are.”
― Tom Rath, quote from Strengths Finder 2.0
“Talent (a natural way of thinking, feeling, or behaving) × Investment (time spent practicing, developing your skills, and building your knowledge base) = Strength (the ability to consistently provide near-perfect performance)”
― Tom Rath, quote from Strengths Finder 2.0
“The most successful people start with dominant talent—and then add skills, knowledge, and practice to the mix. When they do this, the raw talent actually serves as a multiplier.”
― Tom Rath, quote from Strengths Finder 2.0
“You cannot be anything you want to be — but you can be a lot more of who you already are.”
― Tom Rath, quote from Strengths Finder 2.0
“It appears that the epidemic of active disengagement we see in workplaces every day could be a curable disease…if we can help the people around us develop their strengths.”
― Tom Rath, quote from Strengths Finder 2.0
“At its fundamentally flawed core, the aim of almost any learning program is to help us become who we are not.”
― Tom Rath, quote from Strengths Finder 2.0
“What's more, we had discovered that people have several times more potential for growth, when they invest energy in developing their strenghts instead of correcting their deficiencies.”
― Tom Rath, quote from Strengths Finder 2.0
“And it is likely that Rudy had teammates for whom the inverse was true—they were a 5 on talent and just a 2 on time invested, which is clearly a waste of talent.”
― Tom Rath, quote from Strengths Finder 2.0
“Every human being has talents that are just waiting to be uncovered.”
― Tom Rath, quote from Strengths Finder 2.0
“You cannot be anything you want to be—but you can be a lot more of who you already are.”
― Tom Rath, quote from Strengths Finder 2.0
“We were tired of living in a world that revolved around fixing our weaknesses. Society’s relentless focus on people’s shortcomings had turned into a global obsession. What’s more, we had discovered that people have several times more potential for growth when they invest energy in developing their strengths instead of correcting their deficiencies.”
― Tom Rath, quote from Strengths Finder 2.0
“Building your talents into real strengths also requires practice and hard work, much like it does to build physical strengths.”
― Tom Rath, quote from Strengths Finder 2.0
“It appears that the epidemic of active disengagement we see in workplaces every day could be a curable disease . . . if we can help the people around us develop their strengths.”
― Tom Rath, quote from Strengths Finder 2.0
“Far too many people spend a lifetime headed in the wrong direction. They go not only from the cradle to the cubicle, but then to the casket, without uncovering their greatest talents and potential.”
― Tom Rath, quote from Strengths Finder 2.0
“Across the board, having the opportunity to develop our strengths is more important to our success than our role, our title, or even our pay. In this increasingly talent-driven society, we need to know and develop our strengths to figure out where we fit in.”
― Tom Rath, quote from Strengths Finder 2.0
“From the cradle to the cubicle, we devote more time to our shortcomings than to our strenghts.”
― Tom Rath, quote from Strengths Finder 2.0
“We have surveyed more than 10 million people on this specific topic, and approximately 7 million are falling short.”
― Tom Rath, quote from Strengths Finder 2.0
“the key to human development is building on who you already are.”
― Tom Rath, quote from Strengths Finder 2.0
“You cannot be anything you want to be — but you can be a lot more of who you already are. The”
― Tom Rath, quote from Strengths Finder 2.0
“A Misguided Maxim? “You can be anything you want to be, if you just try hard enough.”
― Tom Rath, quote from Strengths Finder 2.0
“people have several times more potential for growth when they invest energy in developing their strengths instead of correcting their deficiencies.”
― Tom Rath, quote from Strengths Finder 2.0
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“completely surrounded the island had been turned into parks which proved a god-send to the population.”
― Robert W. Chambers, quote from The King in Yellow and Other Horror Stories
“We were his. It was as terrifying and as simple as that.”
― Nicole Jacquelyn, quote from Craving Constellations
“I'm not sure how we got to this place, where a girl's only value is in what kind of marriage she has, how capable she is of keeping a man happy.”
― Amy Engel, quote from The Book of Ivy
“Daja doesn't exactly need to be tested on whether she's honorable or not."
"Doesn't she? Don't all of you? This is your first taste of the things which may come from your being powerful mages. People will offer you gold, status, even love. I want to know how you will react. If want to know if your teachers will release greedy, thoughtless monsters into the world.”
― Tamora Pierce, quote from Daja's Book
“There is one purpose to life and one only: to bear witness to and understand as much as possible of the complexity of the world-its beauty, its mysteries, its riddles. The more you understand, the more you look, the greater is your enjoyment of life and your sense of peace. That's all there is to it. Everything else is fun and games. If an activity is not grounded in "to love" or "to learn," it does not have value. - Zurvan”
― Anne Rice, quote from Servant of the Bones
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