Essay Strengths Finder 2.0 by Tom Rath

After reading Strengths Finder 2.0 by Tom Rath, I learned that there are thirty four different themes that one could have as strengths. Each strength has its own positive that allow people to better work with the people who have this style of strengths. Another key topic that I learned is that everyone has their own types of personal strengths. The main principle that was taken away from reading this book was that the old phrase of “You can be anything you want to be” is not a true statement (p. 6). We are all taught this idea at a very young age and it tends to stick with us for the rest of our lives. Forced by the past, most people are required to try to fix their weaknesses, but not improve on our strengths. We cannot truly be anything we want to be because we are not built this way. We are programmed to tend to stick with things that we are good at and when thrown at a task similar to the one we are good at we do not just excel at the other task. By sticking to increasing our strengths that we already have instead of fixing our weaknesses, we will be able to become a better human being because we are better the things in which we are good at.Rath states that “talent times investment equals strength (p. 20).” To me this is a very true statement. You might have the talent to do something but if you are not going to invest your time to better yourself then you will not be better yourself. This could also be said for having the drive to do something but without the talent in the task you cannot truly be the best at the task. The tool that helped us determine our strengths via the online assessment, tied into the previous quote by Rath. It asked you questions about both your talents, what you were good at, and it asked how you wo…

… that every decision that I make has to be ethical and has to fall within my beliefs. If faced with a decision that would go against my ethical belief, I would have to go with my beliefs even if that means losing my job. It is more important to be ethical than having to worry about lying to everyone about what is true. The huge opportunity for me as a leader is moving up the corporate ladder. My extremely moral background will play a key role in being able to have the opportunity to move up. Corporations look for people who are moral and are willing to be able to do the right thing for the company. Companies want people who will be able to keep their personal lives to themselves when they need to but they want people who have high level of integrity who can run a company in a proper manner.