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Book Review: The Child Whisperer

The Child Whisperer:  The Ultimate Handbook For Raising Happy, Successful, Cooperative Children, by Carol Tuttle This book is one of a set of books about personality theory relating to children that I was recommended by a friend of mine.  Being … Continue reading

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Book Review: More

More: Find Your Personal Calling And Live Life to The Fullest Measure, by Todd Wilson [Note: This book was provided free of charge by BookLook/Zondervan Press in exchange for an honest review.] This book is what you get when you … Continue reading

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Book Review: Quiet

Quiet: The Power Of Introverts In A World That Can’t Stop Talking, by Susan Cain [Note: I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group in exchange for an honest review.] Any book talking about quietness and introversion … Continue reading

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Book Review: The 5 Money Personalities

The 5 Money Personalities: Speaking The Same Love And Money Languages, by Scott Palmer and Bethany Palmer [Note: This e-book was provided to me free of charge by BookSneeze, and has not affected my review in any way.] As someone … Continue reading

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Know Thyself, Know Thy Friends, Know Thine Enemies, Know The Difference

This evening, for about two hours, I have had a fascinating conversation with one of my fellow instructors here, who I did not realize was a huge military buff and also a strategic thinker (his Myers-Briggs is an INTJ, whereas … Continue reading

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A Review of My Strengths Finder Report

As I have already viewed two books on the subject of the “strengths” view of personality [1] [2], which focuses on one’s God given talents and abilities and how one can best develop them and leverage them into abilities and … Continue reading

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Book Review: Strengths Finder 2.0

Strengths Finder 2.0, by Tom Rath Like many a sequel that is not quite as good as the original, this is a book that, if judged on its own merits, is a worthwhile read but still a pale imitation of … Continue reading

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Book Review: Now, Discover Your Strengths

Now, Discover Your Strengths, by Marcus Buckingham & Donald O. Clifton, Ph.D I read this book thanks to the recommendation of a friend of mine, but unfortunately I got the book as a library copy.  In order to get the … Continue reading

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On Discovering Your Strengths In The Heat of Crisis

A couple of weeks ago or so, an online friend of mine who shares an interest for reading and personality theory suggested I read a book called, Now, Discover Your Strengths, about which a review will be forthcoming.  Nonetheless, in … Continue reading

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Book Review: Please Understand Me II

Please Understand Me II:  Temperament, Character, Intelligence, by David Keirsey This book is an example of where a sequel is much better than the original, both in its additions and in its subtractions.  As far as its subtractions, much less … Continue reading

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