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Optimize and Improve Your Strengths

Author: Dave Vogelpohl

Over the last few years, I’ve become more aware of the folly of improving the areas where I am weak and taking for granted my strengths.  After all, how much time did Babe Ruth spend practicing his bunting skills? 

Awareness of our strengths provides an opening for us to look for opportunities to leverage them.  I know that when I’m working on something that leverages my strengths or talents, the work flows easily and it’s a lot more fun.

One of the challenges for many of us is determining what are our strengths are.  Fortunately, there are tools available to help us identify our strengths or talents.  Among the best of these is the StrengthsFinder developed by Donald O. Clifton. 

Two passages from Clifton’s book stand out for me.  “The real tragedy of life is not that each of us doesn’t have enough strengths, it’s that we fail to use the ones we have.”  And “Identify your most powerful talents, hone them with skills and knowledge, and you will be well on your way to living the strong life.” 

What are you doing to identify and develop your strengths?