The dictionary describes Weakness as feebleness; an inadequate or defective quality; a self indulgent liking or fondness. Sometimes I wonder if you can be fond of falling short, of not giving your all...Can you like (or should i say be comfortable with)giving in to your weakness? The definition for Strength is capacity for exertion & endurance; power to resist force. Maybe eventually being 'strong' will lead to breaking. There is only so much a person can take.
Yesterday after work I ended up getting into a conversation about my weaknesses but more so how I'm going to change them. I hate the word weak, actually but I am able to identify my own flaws. I know that I have a hard time with change. Being outside of my comfort zone makes me uncomfortable. Which leads me isolated from new experiences & people. You can't grow if you stay in the absolute same place. It's impossible. One of my major weaknesses is believing I can do it all. I find myself drained, stressed or unfocused because I'm always working on so many things and spreading myself so thin.
That's the easiest part of the equation: knowing what you need to work on or change. The hard part however will always be figuring out how to transform that feebleness into something powerful. That's where everyone gets stuck, even me. So I've just decided to start doing things different, things I'm not used to but what may be useful for me to be apart of. That's easier said then done but we are all just works in progress if nothing more. No one is perfect. I am learning how to scale down on what I take on. Trying to focus on just one area and be able to take care of my priorities.
I've never been confused about what my strong points are. From a very young age I was aware of them and learned slowly how to manipulate the skills or characteristics I have to reach certain places I wanted to go. I am very good at communicating & interacting with others. I know how to capitalize on my strengths and make it useful in terms of reaching my goals.
What I'm learning more now is how to hone my talents and structure myself better. My strengths should grow with me as I grow. Thats the most important thing to continue to evolve my assets in order to reach my goals.Sometimes strengths and weaknesses are just labels that can always be switched. Something that you are not "good at" can always be worked on it just depends on how you use it.
