I've added a bit of content, the design is still very rough as I am working on the CSS parts of my site.
Here's what I have so far for the official site of Warren Pattison at www.WarrenPattison.com
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Strengths Finder 2.0: My Strengths
I was recently turned onto a book a colleague had recommended a few days ago: Strengths Finder 2.0, by Tom Rath
I had just completed my career objectives' summary for 2008 this past Friday.
With my weaknesses (aka "opportunities") clear in my mind for what I wanted to improve upon personally and professionally, I stopped by the local Barnes and Noble to pick up the book and jump right in.
The book is largely based on research by The Gallup Organization and Donald Clifton. This book, an easy read, is essentially just a brief to the online strengths' identifier test (version 2.0) in addition to a reference guide for your results. The book contains an access code that will allow the reader to take the strenghsfinder 2.0 assessment test.
The test itself takes about 15 - 30 minutes. After the test is completed, a list of 5 strengths are tabulated for you in about 10 seconds.
My strengths in order of appearance are:
1) Strategic
2) Competition
3) Learner
4) Achiever
5) Futuristic
Of course, there are details that summarize each identifier, but all of that information is in the book.
I highly recommend this book/ test to anyone interested in progressing by focusing on their strengths. I am now convinced that focusing on your weaknesses (opportunities) will only bring you to a balanced form of performance-mediocrity. Harnessing your strengths will allow you to excel. There's a good analogy in the book that refers to "Rudy," the famous undersized defensive football player from the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame.
See StrengthsFinder.com for more information
Cheers!
-Warren
I had just completed my career objectives' summary for 2008 this past Friday.
With my weaknesses (aka "opportunities") clear in my mind for what I wanted to improve upon personally and professionally, I stopped by the local Barnes and Noble to pick up the book and jump right in.
The book is largely based on research by The Gallup Organization and Donald Clifton. This book, an easy read, is essentially just a brief to the online strengths' identifier test (version 2.0) in addition to a reference guide for your results. The book contains an access code that will allow the reader to take the strenghsfinder 2.0 assessment test.
The test itself takes about 15 - 30 minutes. After the test is completed, a list of 5 strengths are tabulated for you in about 10 seconds.
My strengths in order of appearance are:
1) Strategic
2) Competition
3) Learner
4) Achiever
5) Futuristic
Of course, there are details that summarize each identifier, but all of that information is in the book.
I highly recommend this book/ test to anyone interested in progressing by focusing on their strengths. I am now convinced that focusing on your weaknesses (opportunities) will only bring you to a balanced form of performance-mediocrity. Harnessing your strengths will allow you to excel. There's a good analogy in the book that refers to "Rudy," the famous undersized defensive football player from the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame.
See StrengthsFinder.com for more information
Cheers!
-Warren
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Going Vanity and Catching up
Happy Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and Happy Valentine's Day. That's right, I haven't posted in quite sometime, nearly nine months.
Anyhow, a few updates: I've gone "vanity." I went ahead and purchased my name, warrenpattison.com (content appearing soon). Apparently more people are searching on their own name. So, I decided this would be a good time for me to get ahead of the trend and buy my name. Any Warren Pattison's out there looking for WarrenPattison.com can be the proud owner for a large sum of Euros (dollars are declining).
Although my name isn't very common, I noticed my Google SERP results are changing compared to when I "pimped out" my Linkedin profile for Warren Pattison.
I'll be updating my site soon, or in the next 9 months. Be sure to check it out if you ever want to waste your own time reading and looking at things that interest me.
Cheers!
Warren
Anyhow, a few updates: I've gone "vanity." I went ahead and purchased my name, warrenpattison.com (content appearing soon). Apparently more people are searching on their own name. So, I decided this would be a good time for me to get ahead of the trend and buy my name. Any Warren Pattison's out there looking for WarrenPattison.com can be the proud owner for a large sum of Euros (dollars are declining).
Although my name isn't very common, I noticed my Google SERP results are changing compared to when I "pimped out" my Linkedin profile for Warren Pattison.
I'll be updating my site soon, or in the next 9 months. Be sure to check it out if you ever want to waste your own time reading and looking at things that interest me.
Cheers!
Warren
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