Finding Your Element: How to Discover Your Talents and Passions and Transform Your Life
Written by Lou Aronica and Ken Robinson, Ph.D.
Narrated by Ken Robinson, Ph.D.
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About this audiobook
• How do I find out what my talents and passions are?
• What if I love something I'm not good at?
• What if I'm good at something I don't love?
• What if I can't make a living from my Element?
• How do I do help my children find their Element?
Finding Your Element comes at a critical time, as concerns about the economy, education, and the environment continue to grow. The need to connect to our personal talents and passions has never been greater. As Robinson writes in his introduction, wherever you are, whatever you do, and no matter how old you are, if you're searching for your Element, this book is for you.
Lou Aronica
Lou Aronica has coauthored multiple New York Times bestsellers, including The Element and Finding Your Element. His other titles include the USA Today bestseller The Forever Year and national bestsellers When You Went Away, The Journey Home, Anything, and Blue. A long-time publishing industry veteran, Aronica is the cofounder of The Story Plant and a past president of Novelists, Inc. He is a father of four and lives with his wife in southern Connecticut.
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Reviews for Finding Your Element
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ken Robinson's groundbreaking New York Times bestseller, The Element, introduced readers to a new concept of self-fulfillment and has inspired readers around the world. When people find their Element, they tune in to their highest levels, and live their best lives. Now, in his new book, Robinson answers the fundamental question: How do I find my Element? With his signature wry wit, Robinson offers a series of practical exercises to help you discover your own talents and passions. Along the way, he tells the stories of many "ordinary" people in all walks of life who have overcome obstacles of every sort to find their Element. And he explores fundamental principles and vital questions to help you find yours: What are you good at? What do you love? What makes you happy? Where are you now? Your answers to these and many others will provide you with invaluable keys to discovering your Element. As concerns about the economy, education, and the environment continue to grow, the need for individuals to find their own Element has never been greater. No matter how old you are, where you are, or what you do now, if you're searching for your Element, this book is for you. It will launch you on the most important quest you've ever undertaken: the quest to discover your true self and the life you really want to lead.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Although a light read, this book was basically boring. There were far too many anecdotal stories of individuals finding their element (a.k.a passion) which soon made the book repetitive and tiresome. I am not a fan of self-help books at the best of time and this one certainly didn't endear me to the genre. In fact, the exercises suggested throughout "Finding Your Element" terrified me! Mind maps, vision boards, etc. . . . Argh!!!!
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Finding your element. How to discover your talents and passions and transform your life is a self-help book to help people find happiness by breaking out of constraints and liberating one-self by finding out what one's real aptitude and ability are. The book is remarkably simple, and straight-forward, a series of open doors. If there are any people who do not see the obvious, the merit of the book is that it offers guidance in finding the goal and many practical exercises to do so.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/54.4 stars
Did you attend a traditional school ? Was your creativity doused by math, english and following the program ? Do you even know what your passion is, or where your talents lie ? I really didn't have any idea when I picked this book up. I can do a little of everything and don't really know where my true talents really are. Jack of all trades master at none, that is what I was taught a little of everything. Was it the public school systems fault that I lack focus ? Who knows, but he gives a very interesting argument.
In this book he helps you focus on "the element' where the things you are good and what you love to do come into clear view. There are some steps to follow to help you form your talents into focus. I wish there had been more of these. He gets you started in the direction you need to go it's up to you to keep the momentum.
Most of the book deals with the educational system. The standardized test systems, the lack of arts programs, and one size fits all thinking of education. I would love to see every teacher, parent any one in education read this and expand their views. I learned that my talents, my element is one of the areas I put off the most. I'll be working on that in the future. - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A lot of food for thought and interesting work on your career and hobbies and making yourself happy with a good work life balance and ensuring that what you're doing with your live leans more towards things you want to do rather than simply existing.I may have to revisit some other time.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I love Ken Robinson and again delivers a thoughtful, insightful and at times funny road map for working your way through to finding the thing you were born to do.