10/31/2013
STRENGTHS
Forget about working on your weaknesses —> Focus on
supporting your strengths.
I worked on my weaknesses for 40 years to little avail.
Still “needs improvement,” as they say. Why? Easy. We
hate doing things we’re not good at, so we avoid them.
No practice makes perfect hard to attain.
But my strengths – ah, I love my strengths. I’ll work on
them till the purple cows come home. When we love
what we do, we do more and more, and pretty soon
we’re pretty good at it.
The beautiful thing about being on a team is that,
believe it or not, lots of people love doing the things
you hate. And hate doing the things you love. So quit
diligently developing your weaknesses. Instead, partner
with someone very UNlike you, share the work and
share the wealth and everyone’s happy.
Relatedly, women are rather UNlike men and often
approach problems and opportunities with a different
outlook. Yet books and coaches often encourage us to
adopt male strengths and, lacking understanding, to
relinquish our own. the irony is, studies show that
more women in leadership translates unequivocally into
better business results.
Wouldn’t it make more sense for both men and women
to appreciate each other’s strengths so we all work on
what comes naturally?
Marti Barletta, speaker, consultant and author of Marketing to
Women and PrimeTime Women;see her current book,
Attracting Women: Marketing Your Company to the
21st Century’s Best Candidates
More thoughts from the book "What Matters Now" by Seth Godin and Friends
What strengths do you have and what weakness would you like to get someone else to do? My strength is meeting new people face to face and making them into customers. Love to team up with tech people. Leave your comments.
Wayde Johnston