A little while ago I had a very interesting conversation with one of my bff's. We spoke of strengths and weaknesses. He was a firm believer in always going with your strengths while letting the weaknesses go unnoticed. I wasn't sure what my stance was pertaining to either of these issues.
He said you should know what your strengths are. Once you know what you are strong in then don't be afraid to let other people know that you are good at that thing. Stick to highlighting whatever your strengths are and don't let anybody else forget that you are good at that thing. I said oh I never thought about it that way. I don't want to seem like I'm big headed or being snotty about anything so I generally won't speak about my strengths. I would not, previous to our conversation, say that I am a good. . . or, that I can do. . . well. After the conversation with him I realized that it was okay to say what you are good at and that doesn't make you a certain kind of person.
Now as far as the weaknesses, his school of thought was that the things you are not very good at are things that you just should steer clear of. He said that if he knows that he has a weakness, he doesn't do that thing. It's better that people know your strengths and not be familiar with your weaknesses. At the time of the conversation I thought wow, that is a good way to look at things. That thought has changed a little.
My weakness has always been speaking in public. I get so nervous and start sweating and my heart will speed up and my mouth would get dry. I did not want anyone to hear me speaking. Then I began to realize that part of my lot in life is to be a teacher and eventually a speaker; how is this going to work?
Public speaking was something that I began to work on. I would speak in public any chance I got and started to work on making it a strength and something I could showcase instead of keep to the rear. So now my thought on weaknesses is, a weakness is only a strength that hasn't been developed!
He said you should know what your strengths are. Once you know what you are strong in then don't be afraid to let other people know that you are good at that thing. Stick to highlighting whatever your strengths are and don't let anybody else forget that you are good at that thing. I said oh I never thought about it that way. I don't want to seem like I'm big headed or being snotty about anything so I generally won't speak about my strengths. I would not, previous to our conversation, say that I am a good. . . or, that I can do. . . well. After the conversation with him I realized that it was okay to say what you are good at and that doesn't make you a certain kind of person.
Now as far as the weaknesses, his school of thought was that the things you are not very good at are things that you just should steer clear of. He said that if he knows that he has a weakness, he doesn't do that thing. It's better that people know your strengths and not be familiar with your weaknesses. At the time of the conversation I thought wow, that is a good way to look at things. That thought has changed a little.
My weakness has always been speaking in public. I get so nervous and start sweating and my heart will speed up and my mouth would get dry. I did not want anyone to hear me speaking. Then I began to realize that part of my lot in life is to be a teacher and eventually a speaker; how is this going to work?
Public speaking was something that I began to work on. I would speak in public any chance I got and started to work on making it a strength and something I could showcase instead of keep to the rear. So now my thought on weaknesses is, a weakness is only a strength that hasn't been developed!
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