Identify Your Weaknesses Now

by Ben Yoskovitz

It’s all well and good to talk about your strengths, but every coin has two sides.

The purpose of evaluating your weaknesses isn’t to induce misery or frustration. Really.

But it can prove to be a very eye-opening experience. And it opens the door for a great deal of awareness and improvement.

Don’t shy away from weaknesses. Instead:

  1. look at things objectively
  2. recognize and admit weaknesses
  3. make conscious decisions on what to do about them

In business partnerships, find complimentary partners with complimentary skill sets. Two of me would be frightening in any sense whatsoever; so two of me certainly wouldn’t work as business partners.

And they say “opposites attract” when it comes to love…maybe it’s more a question of finding someone with dissimilar weaknesses (or someone who doesn’t mind your weaknesses, or finds them cute and quirky…)

Of course, you can tackle weaknesses and turn them into strengths. You can’t sit around and wait for others to do that for you.

Once you really understand your weaknesses there are many ways to flip ‘em into strengths. Figuring them out first, understanding them and getting inspired to change them will make all the difference in the world.

[tags]strengths, weaknesses, characteristics, personal development[/tags]

January 8th, 2007
  • Recognising your own weaknesses is vital. Asking others what your weaknesses are, is also important. The two may not always align, sadly!

    With all these 5 things memes floating around (I've been tagged a few times), perhaps I should start a 5 weaknesses you didn't know about me, meme!

    Might be revealing in very interesting ways, depending on how honest and transparent bloggers feel able to be.
  • Alex - thanks for the comment. I like the idea of the meme although you can be sure it won't spread as far. Not a lot of people like to talk about their weaknesses or mistakes.

    I've done it numerous times (What's that say about me?!?) on this blog - including entrepreneurial mistakes, blogging mistakes and business mistakes. I haven't tackled much about weaknesses yet, but one never knows!
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