There is one sure way to identify your greatest potential for strength: Step back and watch yourself for a while. Try an activity and see how quickly you pick it up, how quickly you skip steps in the learning and add twists and kinks you haven't been taught yet. See whether you become absorbed in the activity to such an extent that you lose track of time. If none of these has happened after a couple of months, try another activity and watch-and another. Over time your dominant talents will reveal themselves, and you can start to refine them into a powerful strength.
Donald O. CliftonIf nature didn't whittle down your network to a smaller number of strongly forged connections, you would never become an adult. You would remain a permanent child, frozen in sensory overload.
Donald O. Clifton1. Each person's talents are enduring and unique.
2. Each person's greatest room for growth is in the areas of his or her greatest strength.
The definition of a strength that we will use throughout this book is quite specific: consistent near perfect performance in an activity.
Donald O. CliftonIf there is any difference between you and me, it may simply be that I get up every day and have a chance to do what I love to do, every day.
Donald O. CliftonWhen we studied them, excellent performers were rarely well rounded. On the contrary, they were sharp.
Donald O. CliftonThe acid test of a strength? The ability is a strength only if you can fathom yourself doing it repeatedly, happily, and successfully.
Donald O. CliftonThe bottom line on skills is this: A skill is designed to make the secrets of the best easily transferable. If you learn a skill, it will help you get a little better, but it will not cover for a lack of talent. Instead, as you build your strengths, skills will actually prove most valuable when they are combined with genuine talent.
Donald O. CliftonThird, you will excel only by maximizing your strengths, never by fixing your weaknesses. This is not the same as saying 'ignore your weaknesses.
Donald O. CliftonThe second flaw is that some activities, almost by definition, defy being broken down into steps.
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