In Find Your Strongest Life, Marcus Buckingham reveals how women can draw enough strength from life to feel fulfilled, loved, successful, and in control. He helps women reconnect with their purpose and gives a starting point for change. Marcus uses research to get his message across on how women can live their strongest life.
The basic message of the book is:
Most of us were taught by our parents and teachers that the secret to success is improving our weaknesses. As it turns out, this is completely wrong-headed. You can focus on your weaknesses all you want, but you will likely only make marginal improvements. However, if you will focus on your strengths—those things that you are naturally good at and come easily to you—you can make huge strides. In fact, when you do so, you will be more happy and fulfilled. Not only that, you will make your greatest contribution to the world.In Find Your Strongest Life, Marcus reveals research that shows that women today are less happy and fulfilled than they were 40 years ago, despite having more opportunities available to them.
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I found the book offered valuable insight. Marcus talks about how women try to "have it all", but he states "having it all" does not equate to having everything, at the same time. In the book Marcus states:
"Having it all" means taking yourself seriously. It means knowing yourself well enough to find your purpose in life. It means knowing what needs to change when you sense that you've lost that purpose. It means having the faith to believe that change is possible and having the courage to make those changes. It means drawing strength from the relationships in your life, and, if there's no strength to be drawn, knowing when to cut those relationships out of your life.
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