SF for Grads

Just went into Barnes & Noble to buy a few copies of Strengthsfinder 2.0 so I could give them to a couple of clients tomorrow. And I went to where they usually store these books, only there were NONE there! This is very unusual, because I buy these books on a very regular basis, from the same store, and they always stock back up very quickly. There's not another person doing SF around here that I know of (and I will almost always hear about it), so I was a little shocked that there wasn't a single copy in the whole store.

We went around the store looking everywhere. The saleswoman kept saying "They're in the Business Motivation" section, which is just a couple of shelves. I kept telling her, "I checked, I know the book cover, it's not there. Trust me." She kept going back to look for it. It wasn't there.

Where did we finally find it?

On the table marked "For Graduates" that is a special collection of books to buy for 2010 Grads. I had to smile. There were probably 10 copies on that table. If I was going to have to find them somewhere, that is exactly the place I want to find them. It means the message is getting out.

Learn your Strengths, and learn them early. They will be the way you discern where to go from here. They are the best indicators of what your direction should be in life.

Good move, Barnes & Noble. I heartily approve.