Do you have weaknesses? We all do, but some of us do a poor job of dealing with them. Others appear to have no weaknesses because their weaknesses are never exposed.
Your weaknesses can be a big drain on your life, or they can have minimal impact. It depends upon the weakness and how you address it.
A weakness doesn’t have to be a hindrance!!
Use the following techniques to deal with weaknesses strategically:
1. Decide if your weakness is relevant.
Not all weaknesses are worthy of addressing. If you are a terrible athlete, but have no interest in playing sports, why work on your athleticism? Everyone has weaknesses, but not everyone has weaknesses that matter to them.
- Consider your life and your goals. Do your weaknesses get in the way of either? If not, don’t worry about them! You are very fortunate!
2. Work around your weakness.
In many cases, it is possible to work around your weaknesses. If you are terrible on the phone, utilize email. Are you someone that can’t think on your feet while giving a speech? Be over-prepared and use extensive visual aids. If you are too short to reach the top shelf, buy a ladder or put everything you need on the lower shelves.
- Adjust the situation or environment to avoid your weaknesses.
3. Focus on your strength.
The most successful people are great at working around their weaknesses and maximizing their strengths. If you can build a life that relies heavily on your strengths, you are going to be a very successful person.
- Build your strengths. If you are going to get the most out of this strategy, you can’t just rely on your strengths. You must take the next step to develop your strengths even further. Develop a plan for becoming even better at the things you already do well.
4. Delegate.
There might be things that you are not good at, but you probably know people that are good at those things. Are there some tasks at work you are not so good at performing? Find someone else to do it for you.
- Are you awful at cleaning your house? Hire a cleaning service.
- Can’t do your taxes well? Hire an accountant.
- Think about the people that are great in the areas in which you struggle. Utilize them.
5. Strengthen your area of weakness.
This is the last resort. If your weakness is standing in your way and there is no other way to address the issue, then you will have to get busy. This is not an optimal situation. It is challenging to become great at something you lack talent for and/or dislike doing.
- Focus on being good enough. Avoid trying to be in the top 1% at this skill. Decide how good you need to be and make a plan for reaching that level of expertise.
- Get expert advice. Read books. Hire a coach. Take a class. Whatever the issue is, you are going to be better off with some expert help!
Not all weaknesses need to be addressed. If you suffer from sea sickness, but have no desire to be on a boat, why spend time dealing with it? Many weaknesses can be avoided with some planning. Others can be managed through delegation.
Ideally, you would be able to leverage your strengths and simply avoid your weaknesses altogether. However, this is not always possible. There are times that it is necessary to work on your weaknesses, but you can avoid doing more work than necessary. Weaknesses are extremely difficult to transform into strengths.
Focus upon building your strengths, design your life around those, and enjoy the success you deserve!!
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