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by Tom Rath All too often, our natural talents go untapped. From the cradle to the cubicle, we devote more time to fixing our shortcomings than to developing our strengths. To help people uncover their talents, Gallup introduced the first version of its online assessment, StrengthsFinder, in the 2001 management book Now, Discover Your Strengths. In its [...] By: Tom Rath and Barry Conchie Source: Amazon.com From the author of the long-running # 1 bestseller StrengthsFinder 2.0 comes a landmark study of great leaders, teams, and the reasons why people follow. Nearly a decade ago, Gallup unveiled the results of a landmark 30-year research project that ignited a global conversation on the topic [...] Source: Amazon.com “Ed Diener is the Joseph R. Smiley Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of Illinois. He received his doctorate at the University of Washington in 1974, and has been a faculty member at the University of Illinois for the past 34 years. Dr. Diener was the president of both the International Society [...] Source O, The Oprah Magazine Photo: Lori Adamski-Peek “You can see it glimmering on the horizon: Happiness. And all you need to get there is to practice X, accomplish Y, and believe in Z. Wrong, says Ed Diener, PhD, professor of psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and president of the International Positive [...] Source: Liberty Mutual – All Films [The site at the above link also includes five NBC one-minute films about responsibility.] “How It Began “In 2006, Liberty Mutual created a TV commercial about people doing things for strangers. The response was overwhelming. We received thousands of positive emails and letters from people all over the country commenting on the [...] Source: About Axios “Axios Institute is dedicated to the study of human values, both the valuations that we make and the ways that we go about making them. In addition to the study of values, our field includes what is commonly referred to as ethics, moral philosophy, and philosophy of life. We are [...]
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