Play to Your Strengths

We all revere Steve Jobs today as nearly single-handedly making people care about design. (Think 1998 – 2012) But while Steve deeply appreciated design, he was not really a designer himself, in that he could not design anything with on his own. And while he could understand technical concepts, he was also only a mediocre programmer at best.

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There are things we do easily, that come naturally to us, that we enjoy and that we are good at — that are not as easy for others. These are what Gallup calls our talents. When we develop area-specific knowledge and practice related-skills, we can use our talents to consistently provide near-perfect performance.

For instance, strengths of mine inclu... See more