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Title: The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything

Competencies: self-development, coaching talent, mentoring, empowering others, performance management, creativity, innovation

Who benefits: individuals, supervisors and managers, coaches

Consultant Usage: highly recommended for executive coaches

What’s it about? Today, dear reader, you shall be treated to an extremely short posting reviewing a new book.  

The book is about where natural talent meets personal passion.  Either that grabs you or it doesn’t.  If it does, jump on it.  If not, don’t waste your time.

Oh, it is a good book on many levels.  It can be a great source of information for coaching talent. 

It will make HRD types happy with topics like creativity, mentoring, circles of influence, and attitude and aptitude.

It will make book readers happy because the author writes in a clear, impactful style and has a great sense of humor.

Readers of people magazines (like People) will love the stories about Paul McCartney, Matt Groening, Meg Ryan,….err, sorry, lost my train of thought after Meg Ryan.

But mostly is a great book for those seeking self-actualization or self-fulfillment.  (Yes, damn it, those are buzz words in our trade, but I can’t think of any better words.)  You see, this book is very personal to me.  I found that place where talent meets passion about a year ago.  I am writing this posting today from a small town in southern Mexico where I spend my days helping educate poor children and their teachers in hopes that some of them can break out of their cycle of poverty. 

So, you see, I found this book both validating and spot-on.  Hope you do too.

Catch you later.

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