Sir Ken Robinson's Finding Your Element

Finding Your Element, a New York Times bestseller is a book published for individuals hoping to find meaning in their lives and literally find your element. Its contents are aimed to help discover ones talents, and passions to provide a clearer picture of one’s potential or place of work they would thrive in or be in their “dream job”. Finding Your Element was written by Sir Ken Robinson and first published in the United States by Viking Penguin, which is a member of Penguin group Inc., in 2013. Sir Ken Robinson “is an internationally recognized leader in the development of creativity, innovation, and human potential. He has worked with governments in Europe and Asia, international agencies, Fortune 500 companies, national and state education

One thing I really liked was how throughout the text Robinson effectively uses a very positive tone while at the same time challenging the personal beliefs and views of self-worth of the target audience. By stating, “in order to discover what your Element is, you may need to challenge ideas about yourself that you and others have come to take for granted” (Robinson 11). Robinson is challenging his audience early on to change our state of mind and view of ourselves in a positive manner to further aid in finding ones element. By doing so making the journey of finding your element very intriguing, and enjoyable. Robinson also establishes this idea of it being never too late to find your element. This is key to helping widen the target audience even more to further the lasting impressions on his readers and add motivation. This is a very good, and positive reinforcement especially for undecided majors like myself who may be stressed out about not knowing what they are wanting to do as a career or not figuring out their

Throughout the text it is apparent that the personal stories and others are a key component to helping people see how finding your element is possible and in fact pretty rewarding for the soul. But how far is Robinson willing to take this to prove his point. This structure and organization of the writing can get a little boring at times. I sometimes found myself skimming through some of the stories and chapters because the repetitiveness of some parts just wasn’t intriguing me and couldn’t keep my focus, while other times I was focused on a much deeper level and very intrigued. Overall the structure was often keeping me on my toes, but a better balanced organization of information and stories would allow more engagement for longer periods of time. For a book as long as this and for the specific topic it is definitely understandable for it to be a little on the repetitive side, but a few switches from an organizational standpoint could make this book