21 Remarkable People: Lessons for Personal Growth From The Secrets of Their Personalities (The Remarkables, #5) / The Remarkables (ePub)

This book describes 21 people who are notable for their contribution to the world.

These people made their unique contributions in quite different ways. They are unique personalities. It is likely that any connection you feel with any of them reflects a match to your personality.

As well as doing amazing things these individuals also had issues. Some examples:

Sometimes a strength can become a weakness. Keith Park led a small air force to victory in the Battle of Britain. Park was capable of organizing the great fighting response of his pilots. This was based on the integrated efforts of ground crew, radar and other intelligence systems. Trouble was, Park didn't have great social radar. He won the Battle of Britain but was out-maneuvered by and lost the battle with the bureaucrats.

Sometimes a weakness can actually be a blessing in disguise. The young Kiri Te Kanawa was distractable, not putting in the hours to learn her words, leaving things to the last minute. The other aspect of her spontaneity was that she could tune into her audience, achieving incredible rapport and responsiveness.

You might notice similar issues. Many things go very well. But not always.

Here we look at the psychological profile of these wonderful people - looking into their achievements and also things that didn't go so well to identify the secrets of their personality.

If you want to check your feeling that you do have similarities to some of them there is a handy self-assessment to help you zoom in on such similarities.

We also (in a kind and positive way) look at how these individuals could have developed their personalities - developing supportive strengths, working with others to cover for gaps. This is not generic self-help advice. These suggestions are customized for these unique personalities. No pressure - but some of these suggestions could be the personalized guidance that will help you - to live a richer, more fulfilling life.

These people, and of course most of us live our lives in habitual ways. That is what personality is - patterns of thought, feelings and behaviour. The radical thing is, people can and do change. That includes you and me. There is excellent evidence of these changes, sometimes planned and deliberate, other times people flexing in response to demands of jobs and other changes to circumstances. We see this in ourselves and our children - new expectations, new responses. This produces real (measurable even!) changes in personality.

This book provides deep studies of wonderful people - making clear the secrets of their personality. It also provides the tools, based on the latest research, for how people can grow. Of course, it's up to you to decide what changes, if any, would be priorities for you, and what you plan to do.

All the best for a rich life.