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Work on Your Strengths, Not Your Weaknesses Why it's more important…

- - - - "Pay attention" may seem like generic advice, but we sometimes ignore signs of our strengths because we're so invested in improving our weaknesses.
      - Life has a way of showing you your strengths if you pay attention.
    - - BOOK; Go Put Your Strengths to Work. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Put-Your-Strengths-Work-Outstanding/dp/0743263286/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1583489197&sr=8-1
        
        Better way to think of strengths and weaknesses, Buckingham argues, is to figure out what energises us.
        
        So, he says, one way to identify your strengths is to think about how activities make you feel. Something is a strength if:
        
        It makes you feel successful.
        
        You're drawn to it, even if you don't know why.
        
        It fully engages you; when doing it, you often find yourself in a flow state.
        
        After doing the activity, you feel energized, fulfilled, and powerful.
        
        think of the things that energize and excite you—even if you don't excel at them yet. Those may be the strengths you set out to develop and grow.
    - - Ask your__ to tell you what they think your strengths are.
        
        Friends
        
        Family members
        
        Boss
        
        Coworkers
        
        Mentor
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        Gallup's CliftonStrengths https://www.gallupstrengthscenter.com/home/en-us/cliftonstrengths-for-individuals?utm_source=zapier.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=zapier
        
        Myers-Briggs Type Indicator https://www.mbtionline.com/TaketheMBTI?utm_source=zapier.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=zapier
        
        An Overview of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator https://www.verywellmind.com/the-myers-briggs-type-indicator-2795583
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    - - BOOK: The Introvert's Complete Career Guide
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        Think of your proudest accomplishments to identify your interests, skills, and values. But the exercise is also a way to identify your strengths.
- - - - If you can't think of where you need to improve on your own, ask the people you work with for feedback. People are usually more open to providing constructive criticism when they know you're looking for ways to improve.
        
        For example, if you're an excellent blogger, you could turn your attention to learning related fields like SEO, videography, or graphic design.
        
        When developing complementary skills, it also helps to consider your long-term goals. What skills will you need to get the job you want to have five years from now?
    - - If you're truly an expert at what you do, another option is to develop related skills.
    - - "Push the people at work toward your strengths and away from your weaknesses."
      - "Push for more training around your strengths."
      - "Push for inclusion on teams or projects that could really use your strengths."
      - "Push to spend time with colleagues who share one of your strengths and are even more adept than you at applying it."
      - At the beginning of every week, he says, think about ways you can use your strengths a little more than you did the previous week. By doing so, you can grow the percentage of time you spend on your strengths at work gradually over time.
      - After all, the more you use your strengths at work, the more people will recognize you for those strengths—and they may even start coming to you anytime there's a need for someone with your unique skill set.
    - - There's a concept in pedagogy known as the "protégé effect": People learn the material better when they have to teach what they've learned to others.
        
        People who expect to have to explain what they've learned do a better job of organizing their knowledge and recalling it. Plus, as they teach, they "identify knots and gaps in their own thinking."
        
        Consider hiring an intern or taking on a mentee.