Play to Your Strengths and Supercharge Your Business
He puts it this way: “A strength is what you do that makes you feel strengthened.” Boom. So it’s not necessarily what you’re good at or what you’re capable of—it’s what feels amazing when you do it. Ergo, a weakness is the stuff you do that makes you feel weakened. Deceptively simple. Revolutionary.
Danielle LaPorte • The Fire Starter Sessions: A Soulful + Practical Guide to Creating Success on Your Own Terms
How to Play to Your Strengths
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What I have gradually learned is that it is not your strengths, but your combination of strengths that sets you apart. It is the fact that writing and marketing are mutually reinforcing—and that I enjoy both—that leads to great results.
How can you combine your strengths? That’s something I would encourage everyone to think about. You will find tale... See more
How can you combine your strengths? That’s something I would encourage everyone to think about. You will find tale... See more
James Clear • 3-2-1: On the hidden costs of success, how to deal with challenges, and the joy of shared experiences
people have innate, stand-out strengths and the only way to become extraordinary is by identifying and focusing on your strengths, not trying to improve your weaknesses. I would extend that by saying that the greatest impact you are going to have on the world is by finding the intersection of what you love doing and what you are extraordinary at — ... See more
Molly Graham • Joy
of your strengths, and minimizes your weaknesses, it’s more sustainable. That’s good for you, for obvious reasons, but it’s good for your clients, too, because you’ll be around to help them over a longer period of time, getting better at it as time passes.