The Truth About You: Your Secret to Success • Toolkit
Marcus Buckingham





Format: Hardcover, 112pp.
ISBN: 9781400202263
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date: September 30, 2008

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Description and Reviews
From The Publisher:

An Experience to Revolutionize Your Life!

Want to know what you are supposed to do with your life? The Truth About You is an experience to unlock life's toughest questions. The process this revolutionary toolkit teaches will create higher satisfaction and performance in life and work. This cutting-edge product includes:

Enhanced DVD. A high-energy film reveals how and why you must discover and prioritize your strengths and includes access to a wealth of downloadable resources, including five bonus Strength Tip videos.

Interactive Book. With insightful exercises and tried-and-true life wisdom no one else will tell you, the book takes you to the location of your most powerful and unchanging talents.

ReMemo Pad. Designed for a life on-the-go, the ReMemo Pad becomes your companion to complete the task of revealing your strengths using your everyday experiences.

Perfect for high school and college students, young professionals, and people simply wanting to revitalize their career, The Truth About You helps you develop the kind of clarity and passion that drives a successful and satisfying future. Marcus Buckingham will help you discover the real truth, the truth about you . . . it will be your secret to success.


From the Author

The Truth About You is a great new way to share the Strengths message. Combining a short book, an all-new 20-minute film and bonus DVD content, The Truth About You is a condensed version of the material you may have seen in Trombone Player Wanted and our SimplyStrengths™ program. For young professionals, college students, or anyone who’s looking to contribute more in their job — and get more out of it — it’s a quick and lively introduction to Strengths concepts and the perfect way to help identify their own Strengths and put them to work.


About the Author

Marcus Buckingham is a multi-million-copy, best-selling author with over 3.6 million copies of his landmark bestsellers in print. Drawing on more than 150,000 interviews collected by Gallup over the previous 25 years, he developed the thesis for his strengths message that is changing the way the world approaches life and work. He has been the subject of in-depth profiles in the New York Times, Fortune, and Fast Company and has consulted with national and international brands, such as Toyota, Coca-Cola, Best Buy, and Wells Fargo. He is also a member of the Secretary of State's Advisory Committee on Leadership and Management.


Table of Contents

	The Best Advice You'll Ever Get
1	Performance Is Always the Point So don't ever expect your organization to know you like you do
2	Your Strengths Aren't What You're Good At, And Your Weaknesses Aren't What You're Bad At So you'd better find out what your real strengths are
3	When It Comes To Your Job the "What" Always Trumps the "Why" And the "Who" So always ask: "What will I be paid to do?"
4	You'll Never Find the Perfect Job So every week, for the rest of your life, write your Strong Week Plan
5	You'll Never Turn Your Weaknesses Into Strengths So fess up to your weaknesses, then neutralize them

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