Do you have the opportunity to do what you do best everyday? Chances are, you don’t. All too often, our natural talents go untapped. To help you uncover your talents, Tom Rath in his book, Strengths Finder 2.0 provides great insights. It was recently rated #1 in US Today’s top 150 Best Selling books. In this edition, thoughts, feelings and behaviors are customized to your experience by giving you the basics of working on what you have and offering practical ideas to act and make the most of them. A personalized assessment over the internet is made available through an access code inside a packet inserted in the book. Through this, you can explore your core strengths closely and maximize your potential for success in specific areas where you will most likely succeed. Research shows that people who aren't on their “Strength Zone” or who don't build on the strengths they possess are six times less likely to be engaged on their job. Rath adopted Don Clifton’s brand of strengths psychology which focused on building a more positive and strength oriented vocabulary, measuring talent and ability as primary sources of strength. Rath simplified the measurement of strengths in the following formula: Talent x Investment = Strength Talent is your natural way of thinking, feeling, or behaving, and investment is the time spent on developing your skills and building your knowledge. The more you invest on your talent, the more you are able to harness your strength, providing consistent performance to achieve success each time. After taking the strengths finder assessment online, you can directly read themes which help to describe the abilities inherent in you such as: Achiever, Adaptability, Analytical, Connectedness, Consistency, Responsibility, Self-Assurance, etc. Remember that the purpose of Strengths finder 2.0 is not to anoint you with strengths - it simply helps you find the areas where you have the greatest potential to develop strengths.