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Soar with Your Strengths

This book explores the concept of identifying and leveraging individual strengths to achieve personal and professional goals. It provides strategies for self-assessment, developing strengths, and applying them in various life contexts. more

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Donald O. Clifton
Donald O. Clifton

Donald O. Clifton was an outstanding psychologist born on February 5, 1924. He made significant contributions to the field of personal strengths and talent, particularly in the areas of career development and personal growth. more

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“There's a switch inside every one of us that I guess grew there as a necessary part of survival. How can you drag a fish up out of the river for your supper if you feel the yank of the hook in your own cheek? I get that part. We can't feel for everyone and everything all the time. We'd die of fear or sorrow a hundred times a day. The thing is, it's gotten so we flick the switch off like it's nothing. And, more often than not, we forget to turn it back on.”

“The story, I like to say and remember, is always smarter than you—there will be patterns of theme, image, and idea that are much savvier and more complex than what you could come up with on your own. Find them with your marking pens as they emerge in your drafts. Become a student of your work in progress. Look for what your material is telling you about your material. Every aspect of a story has its own story.”