I have said several times throughout this process that we are not going to be talking about weaknesses, because dwelling on our weaknesses is not going to help us realize a positive attitude or will it help us to become more successful. In fact, dwelling on the negative will only lead to more negative thoughts and deflation of an already bruised ego.

We do need to take a look at and identify what some of the attributes that we have we don’t consider a strength. Keep in mind that the things that we are not strong in are also the things that add to our overall uniqueness and individualism that is the person we are.

If we take an honest look at ourselves, we have probably at sometime or another realized that we have areas in our lives where we are not strong. Again, this is not a bad thing, we can’t all be strong in every aspect, that would make this whole self-improvement thing unnecessary. Earlier I talked about how we can gain a better return on our investment (ROI) on improving ourselves in areas in which we are already strong, rather than trying to build an area of weakness into a strength. I also said that anytime that you strengthen and area of strength you can automatically expect that you will also strengthen other areas at the same time, even though we had not intended to do so.

If you are having a bit of difficulty in thinking of strengths as either strong or not so strong and if it makes better sense to use the term, as much as I despise it, weakness, then keep this in mind.

A weakness is just an underdeveloped attribute. So just like there is a runt in every litter, a weakness is just the runt in your litter of strengths. An under developed attribute is still something of value, you will at times be required to make use of that attribute in situations.

If you have an area that you feel is not your strong point, realize it, admit it, and deal with it. I will be the first to tell you that I do not feel that finances and book keeping are on my list of strengths. Could I develop them? Yes. Would I be really good at it? Probably not. Why? First off, I don’t have an interest in it, secondly, I think that there are people that already are very good at it and that I can hire them to help me. It is perfectly to fill in behind you with people who are strong in your areas of deficiency.  (I am really trying hard not to use the word “weakness.)

We all have areas of strength, we all have areas of mediocrity, and we all have areas that we will probably never develop into a strength. But know that each of these areas are the materials that build us into the person we are, and we are all unique, just like everyone else.