Strengths vs. Weaknesses
by: Justin Tillman
In the last post I spoke about identifying your strengths. In order to find your purpose, it’s important to identify the things in which you are naturally good at because we all have different intelligences, strengths that make us unique.
Along with finding your strengths, it’s equally important to identify your weaknesses.
See in school we are taught to identify our weaknesses, and then turn those weaknesses into strengths so that we will become a well rounded person. At school if we got 3 A’s and 2 B’s, this would be a good indicator that you were on your way to success. However, think about that poor kid who got 1 A and 3 C’s and 1 D, he was thought to be prepared for a rocky road ahead.
Now take a step into the future a couple decades later, after the school days straight into the real word and take a close look at how you make the majority of your important decisions. Think about the doctor you searched for, the accountant you choose or the lawyer you picked. You and I, look for the people who are the best at what they do, which typically tends to be their profession.
We have absolutely no interest at all with the things that we don’t need them to do well in, right? How often do you think, before I hire my accountant I’m going to make sure he A’ced biology? I’m willing to bet, never.
See, I believe that it’s totally cool from a personal growth prospective to improve yourself in areas in which you are weak. There is certainly an intrinsic value to becoming a well rounded person, the rewards that you will received from overcoming your weaknesses will be an intangible sense of peace, happiness and fulfillment.
However, for the prospective of finding your purpose and living life on your terms by doing what you love, it’s critical to give up going through another precious moment of life struggling to strengthen yourself in areas in which you are weak.
Diversification Makes You Mediocre
Hardworking and motivated people, love the concept of diversification because it’s a natural outlet to plug into and frankly it feels the like the right thing to do. Even if they are tirelessly spinning their wheels as they drain their energy focused on doing things that they are not naturally good at.
Most people have developed a negative perspective about their weaknesses. They feel ashamed for not being able to perform at a well in areas in which they are weak. Being ashamed about something tends to lead to guilt. Guilt is something hard to forget and even more difficult to let go.
So as a natural response to dealing with their guilt about not being strong in a particular area people will ignore this fact and continue to try and compete against others who are much naturally stronger.
As opposed to letting go of doing things they are not naturally good at, people have made it easier to be mediocre then to confront reality and admit that we might never be good at something.
If you continue to hold this perception about your weaknesses than you will never reach your full potential.
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