Yesterday’s post on strengths and weaknesses generated some interesting follow-up questions.  Much of it can be reduced to the following question, which certainly deserves an intelligent answer: Isn’t it a bad idea to work on a weak area that you aren’t very good at?  Shouldn’t we spend more time working on our strengths and just accept our [...]

One of the most important personal development principles is that your weakest area will limit your ability to take advantage of your strongest area.  The various parts of our lives — physical, mental, social, spiritual — are deeply interwoven, and we cannot simply consider each part in isolation. People often identify themselves with their strongest [...]