Your success on your strengths will make up for any weaknesses that you have, and, the others in the organisation will complement you where you are weak.
When considering what they would like to improve about themselves, people jump straight to weaknesses. If you ask people how they decide what to target, they often come up with replies like "I would like to focus on what makes me unhappy or dissatisfied." In order to improve, it is often assumed that you should be aware of your bad habits and focus on recognising your faults. But, why give so much of attention on developing your Weakness? Why not build on our prevailing Strengths? These are the questions that have been answered in the book Now, Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton. They advocate that individuals should not focus on developing their weak areas.
Buckingham and Clifton's thesis is based on two assumptions:
a) An individual's talents are unique and enduring - and, it is the individual who should develop inherent talents into strengths
b) Each person's greatest room for growth is in the areas of his or her strength.
Weaknesses are hard or impossible to develop. What are Strengths? Strengths are "pre-existing capacities for a particular way of behaving, thinking, and feeling that enables optimal functioning or performance and are authentic and energising to the user "(Linley and Page, 2007). Strength only thinking says that you should accept yourself as you are and focus on your strengths. Your success on your strengths will make up for any weaknesses that you have, and, the others in the organisation will complement you where you are weak.
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