Many people build careers around their competencies and end up miserable. They are "good" at spreadsheets, so they keep getting promoted to do more spreadsheets, but they hate it. A true strengths test should tell you what activities to stop doing, even if you are good at them.

This is a popular, accessible alternative to CliftonStrengths. It uses a modern framework to identify your top five dominant traits.

Neuroscience suggests we are terrible judges of our own competence.

A clear framework highlighting your primary professional motivators.

Before you take a test, you must understand what "strength" means to the test creator. There are generally two competing philosophies:

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