The Art of Software Development

Jim Boone’s thoughts on software development and other important matters
Archive for March 16th, 2008

Develop Your Strengths!

How many of you have strengths and talents that are unique to you? How many of you have weaknesses? Well the obvious answer is every body! I feel compelled to share with you something that I discovered several years ago that is a product of positive psychology. The valuable nugget of wisdom that I found was an assessment called the Clifton StrengthsFinders. The StrengthsFinders assessment is an incredible tool that will help you identify and assign a name to the talents that your creator instilled within you. It’s certainly altered my perception of who I am and how I should pursue my career. As a matter of fact the results of the assessment were so liberating that I now realize I should continue to develop my strengths and only devote the minimum amount of resources to bringing might weaknesses up to acceptable levels. The theory is that I can really excel at my strengths but I will never excel at my weaknesses. This is almost intuitive isn’t it? Let me explain further.

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