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Minimize: Get help for your weakness

Minimize: Get help for your weakness

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Minimize: Get help for your weakness

- Let's take a look at the next quadrant in the imperfection action chart: minimize. This is the choice you want to make for weaknesses that are low value but unavoidable. These weaknesses must be done in your career, you can't get rid of them. For example, I'm an author and an online instructor, but I'm terrible at editing my books and my courses. Because it's a low value yet unavoidable weakness, I set things up to minimize how much time I personally spend editing. There are things in your career just like this. Ask yourself, "How can I minimize the time I'm spending with this imperfection?" Rather than wasting time trying to improve your weakness, look for shortcuts. One way is to use technology to help you. For example, many people find that it's easier to speak their words rather than write them out, so you can use a voice dictation app. Or perhaps you regularly get bogged down in scheduling appointments: an online…

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