爱华网上天有好生之德，读书人有记笔记之德，更要有分享之德。哈哈！
为了促进优势教育在我国的发展，我也全面分享我的读书笔记啊，全是一个字母一个字母敲打出来的，而且还有从几十页书中整理出来的内容。
欢迎大家分享！当然，更希望大家阅读原著，因为这样您会有更多自己的收获。
STRENGTHSQUEST读书笔记
作者Donald O.Clifton; Edward “Chip” Anderson; Laurie A. Schreiner
Gallup,2001-2002第一版，2006年第二版
P2
Talent: thebeginning of strength
A talent isa naturally recurring pattern of though, feeling, or behavior thatcan be productively applied. A great number of talents naturallyexist within you , and each of them is very specific.
Yourspecific set of talents is a major part of what makes you a uniqueperson, and that uniqueness holds great value for you and thosearound you.
P3
What is atheme(of StrengthsFinder)? Essentially, it is a group of similartalents.
As a resultof studying top achievers for more than three decades, Gallup wasable to identify more than 400 themes of talent? The 34 mostprevalent themes are measured by StrengthsFinder.
鲁子问讨论：
首先，Gallup研究的是企业界、社会各界，不是学生。所以，这些themes可能不是与学习相关的，而是与工作、人生相关的。尽管StrengthsQuest强调了这些theme在academicstrengths的作用，也只是强调了其在大学学习的作业。
第二，prevalent不能说明每一个人的特殊性。
第三，这个SF需要相当强的反思能力，对于反思能力不强的人，问卷可能无意义。
第四，现在的SF没有说明每一theme的程度，而即使同一theme的天赋，程度不同，作用也不同，起作用方法也不同。所以，应用雷达图形式呈现theme结果。
第五，所有theme中，没有一个theme强调对外在环境的充分利用这一talent。而实际上这个strengthsmovement本身就是一种促进个人改变的外在力量，本身就是试图通过这一外在的运动，这一外在的研究成果，促进个人的改变。而且，充分利用外在环境因素，本身也肯定是我们常用的一项talent。
所以，对于中国学生，应该以此为基础，设计新的、专门SF。
正如Schreiner教授所讲，这些表述优势的词语只是给了我们一种交流的语言，其明确的界定，使我们知道彼此是在同一个意义下描述一种优势，并非完全准确、科学。
P4
A strengthis the ability to provide consistent, near-perfect performance in agiven activity.
Yourgreatest areas of talent, your most likely source of potentialstrengths, are identified by StrengthsFinder.
When youhave supplemented your greatest talents with knowledge and skill tothe point at which you can provide consistent, near-perfectperformance in a given activity, you have a strength.
鲁子问讨论：
talent加上知识和技能就成为了优势（强势）。
所以，优势只能是内在的，因为是个人自己的。
那么，影响成功的外在因素是什么？如何认识其作用？善于利用外在因素促进自己发展是哪一种theme？
Each personhas a unique and profound set and combination of talents that aredeveloped and used to different degrees. This combination oftalents makes each person like no other.
While eachperson defines success for himself or herself, achievement andexcellence result from fully developing and applying strengths.Some roles require several strengths, all working together, toproduce excellence.
You probablyalready have some strengths, and you certainly will have plenty ofopportunity to develop more strengths throughout yourlifetime.
P11
Yourstrengths quest is a lifelong adventure. Each of the threeaspects—discovery, development, and application—will continuethroughout your life.
鲁子问讨论：
其实strengths=(talent +energy)×(knowledge +skill)，除了talent是先天的，其他三项都是可变的，所以strengths也是可发展的
P22
The CliftonStrengthsFinder does not simultaneously measure weakness andtalent.
it simplymeans that at least five other themes are more dominant inyou.
Focusing onany other area may serve as nothing more than adistraction.
focusing onyour most dominant areas of talent will provide the greatestopportunities for achievement.
Talent isalways positive in the sense that it enables a person do certainthings very well. Your talents always hold potential for positiveresults in terms of achievements, success, personal fulfillment,and a better quality of life.
talentsplace demands on the people who have them.
鲁子问讨论：
其实，我们是可以发展我们不是Top5的theme(其实Clifton的说法是Signature Themes)的，因为 我们可以通过more energy,knowledge and skill是不是Top 5的talent也得到发展，成为strength，但这比我们发展我们的Top5需要花费更多的能量、需要更多的知识和技能，这可能得不偿失。所以，我们还是应该首先集中精力发展Top 5.
这Top5不一定要5项，可以是3项，5项有些相互牵扯，而且有很多是近似的。
这Top3其实更应该称之为Dominant 3，或者Your Decisive 3Talents（你具有决定性意义的三项先天才能）。
鲁子问讨论：
现在的34项themes有太多近似，需要合并，如intellection,learner，belief与responsibility等等。
优势分析会改变对自己的看法，以及对他人的看法，更容易看到他人的优势
P99
Healthy,caring relationships facilitate the development ofstrengths.
Having atleast one healthy, caring relationship while developing strengthsis enormously helpful.
鲁子问讨论：
这恰恰说明优势教育需要关注外在因素。
鲁子问整理：
Theme | PartnerThemes |
Achiever | Learner,Individualization |
Activator | Focus,Strategic, Developer |
Adaptability | Discipline,Consistency, Arranger |
Analytical | Relator,Empathy, Communication |
Arranger | Empathy,Individualization |
Belief | Communication,Woo |
Command | Ideation,Strategic |
Communication | Empathy,Positivity, Harmony |
Competition | |
Connectedness | Communication |
Consistency | Adaptability,Positivity |
Context | Strategic,Futuristic |
Deliberative | Self-Assurance |
Developer | |
Discipline | |
Empathy | |
Focus | |
Futuristic | Discipline, Arranger,Adaptability, Positivity, Context |
Harmony | Command,Activator |
Ideation | Intellection, Maximizer,Analytical, Discipline, Achiever |
Includer | |
Individualization | |
Input | Focus,Discipline |
Intellection | Empathy,Positivity |
Learner | Strategic, Activator,Focus, Achiever |
Maximizer | |
Positivity | Developer |
Relator | |
Responsibility | |
Restorative | Developer |
Self-Assurance | Connectedness,Empathy |
Significance | |
Strategic | Ideation,Strategic |
Woo | Strategic, Learner,Achiever |
P141
Simply having talents isn’tenough to produce excellence. Talents must be built upon instrengths development, and the resulting strengths must be applied.This requires practice and hard work.
而StrengthsQuest或者优势教育并没有对如何基于优势进行practice和hardwork进行说明。
P142
Focusing on one area oftalent at a time is the best route to excellence.
P154-215
详细说明了34项theme在大学学习领域的行动建议，每一theme都包括学习生活、学习技巧、人际关系、课程选择、课外活动5个方面，10多项具体的行动建议
P244-277
详细说明了34项theme在职业发展领域的行动建议
P295
结语
Let the strengthsrevolution begin!
STRENGTHSQUEST读书笔记
Gallup,2001-2002第一版，2006年第二版
作者Donald O.Clifton; Edward “Chip” Anderson; Laurie A. Schreiner
P2
Talent: thebeginning of strength
A talent isa naturally recurring pattern of though, feeling, or behavior thatcan be productively applied. A great number of talents naturallyexist within you , and each of them is very specific.
Yourspecific set of talents is a major part of what makes you a uniqueperson, and that uniqueness holds great value for you and thosearound you.
P3
What is atheme(of StrengthsFinder)? Essentially, it is a group of similartalents.
As a resultof studying top achievers for more than three decades, Gallup wasable to identify more than 400 themes of talent? The 34 mostprevalent themes are measured by StrengthsFinder.
鲁子问讨论：
首先，Gallup研究的是企业界、社会各界，不是学生。所以，这些themes可能不是与学习相关的，而是与工作、人生相关的。尽管StrengthsQuest强调了这些theme在academicstrengths的作用，也只是强调了其在大学学习的作业。
第二，prevalent不能说明每一个人的特殊性。
第三，这个SF需要相当强的反思能力，对于反思能力不强的人，问卷可能无意义。
第四，现在的SF没有说明每一theme的程度，而即使同一theme的天赋，程度不同，作用也不同，起作用方法也不同。所以，应用雷达图形式呈现theme结果。
第五，所有theme中，没有一个theme强调对外在环境的充分利用这一talent。而实际上这个strengthsmovement本身就是一种促进个人改变的外在力量，本身就是试图通过这一外在的运动，这一外在的研究成果，促进个人的改变。而且，充分利用外在环境因素，本身也肯定是我们常用的一项talent。
所以，对于中国学生，应该以此为基础，设计新的、专门SF。
正如Schreiner教授所讲，这些表述优势的词语只是给了我们一种交流的语言，其明确的界定，使我们知道彼此是在同一个意义下描述一种优势，并非完全准确、科学。
P4
A strengthis the ability to provide consistent, near-perfect performance in agiven activity.
Yourgreatest areas of talent, your most likely source of potentialstrengths, are identified by StrengthsFinder.
When youhave supplemented your greatest talents with knowledge and skill tothe point at which you can provide consistent, near-perfectperformance in a given activity, you have a strength.
鲁子问讨论：
talent加上知识和技能就成为了优势（强势）。
所以，优势只能是内在的，因为是个人自己的。
那么，影响成功的外在因素是什么？如何认识其作用？善于利用外在因素促进自己发展是哪一种theme？
Each personhas a unique and profound set and combination of talents that aredeveloped and used to different degrees. This combination oftalents makes each person like no other.
While eachperson defines success for himself or herself, achievement andexcellence result from fully developing and applying strengths.Some roles require several strengths, all working together, toproduce excellence.
You probablyalready have some strengths, and you certainly will have plenty ofopportunity to develop more strengths throughout yourlifetime.
P11
Yourstrengths quest is a lifelong adventure. Each of the threeaspects—discovery, development, and application—will continuethroughout your life.
鲁子问讨论：
其实strengths=(talent +energy)×(knowledge +skill)，除了talent是先天的，其他三项都是可变的，所以strengths也是可发展的
P22
The CliftonStrengthsFinder does not simultaneously measure weakness andtalent.
it simplymeans that at least five other themes are more dominant inyou.
Focusing onany other area may serve as nothing more than adistraction.
focusing onyour most dominant areas of talent will provide the greatestopportunities for achievement.
Talent isalways positive in the sense that it enables a person do certainthings very well. Your talents always hold potential for positiveresults in terms of achievements, success, personal fulfillment,and a better quality of life.
talentsplace demands on the people who have them.
鲁子问讨论：
其实，我们是可以发展我们不是Top5的theme(其实Clifton的说法是Signature Themes)的，因为我们可以通过more energy,knowledge and skill是不是Top 5的talent也得到发展，成为strength，但这比我们发展我们的Top5需要花费更多的能量、需要更多的知识和技能，这可能得不偿失。所以，我们还是应该首先集中精力发展Top 5.
这Top5不一定要5项，可以是3项，5项有些相互牵扯，而且有很多是近似的。
这Top3其实更应该称之为Dominant 3，或者Your Decisive 3Talents（你具有决定性意义的三项先天才能）。
鲁子问讨论：
现在的34项themes有太多近似，需要合并，如intellection,learner，belief与responsibility等等。
优势分析会改变对自己的看法，以及对他人的看法，更容易看到他人的优势
P99
Healthy,caring relationships facilitate the development ofstrengths.
Having atleast one healthy, caring relationship while developing strengthsis enormously helpful.
鲁子问讨论：
这恰恰说明优势教育需要关注外在因素。
鲁子问整理：
Theme | PartnerThemes |
Achiever | Learner,Individualization |
Activator | Focus,Strategic, Developer |
Adaptability | Discipline,Consistency, Arranger |
Analytical | Relator,Empathy, Communication |
Arranger | Empathy,Individualization |
Belief | Communication,Woo |
Command | Ideation,Strategic |
Communication | Empathy,Positivity, Harmony |
Competition | |
Connectedness | Communication |
Consistency | Adaptability,Positivity |
Context | Strategic,Futuristic |
Deliberative | Self-Assurance |
Developer | |
Discipline | |
Empathy | |
Focus | |
Futuristic | Discipline, Arranger,Adaptability, Positivity, Context |
Harmony | Command,Activator |
Ideation | Intellection, Maximizer,Analytical, Discipline, Achiever |
Includer | |
Individualization | |
Input | Focus,Discipline |
Intellection | Empathy,Positivity |
Learner | Strategic, Activator,Focus, Achiever |
Maximizer | |
Positivity | Developer |
Relator | |
Responsibility | |
Restorative | Developer |
Self-Assurance | Connectedness,Empathy |
Significance | |
Strategic | Ideation,Strategic |
Woo | Strategic, Learner,Achiever |
P141
Simply having talents isn’tenough to produce excellence. Talents must be built upon instrengths development, and the resulting strengths must be applied.This requires practice and hard work.
而StrengthsQuest或者优势教育并没有对如何基于优势进行practice和hardwork进行说明。
P142
Focusing on one area oftalent at a time is the best route to excellence.
P154-215
详细说明了34项theme在大学学习领域的行动建议，每一theme都包括学习生活、学习技巧、人际关系、课程选择、课外活动5个方面，10多项具体的行动建议
P244-277
详细说明了34项theme在职业发展领域的行动建议
P295
结语
Let the strengthsrevolution begin!
