From the course: Turning Weaknesses into Strengths
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Maximize: Highlight your imperfection
From the course: Turning Weaknesses into Strengths
Maximize: Highlight your imperfection
- Let's consider the final option of what to do with a weakness, maximize. We want to maximize weaknesses that are related to your highest value work, but our traits. Traits are inherent aspects to who you are, things about you that have been true almost from birth. Traits are either never going to change or are unlikely to change, like a short adult becoming tall or an introvert becoming an extrovert. How can an inherit imperfection be something that actually supports your highest value work? Imagine picking up a stick, one end has the word weakness. This doesn't sound great, right? But at the other end, it has the word strength You picked up both at the same time. Every weakness has an associated strength. For example, imagine a programmer who's an extreme introvert. She doesn't like interacting with people and despite her best efforts, she's never really been able to change this. This particular introvert has an…
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