David Rendall’s article regarding weaknesses is a very interesting read which I highly recommend to anyone looking to better themselves. The main idea is that any perceived weakness has an associated strength, and that weaknesses can not just be destroyed from a person’s personality. By trying to destroy that weakness, a person could in turn destroy an associated strength. So instead of destroying the weakness, you should look to improve the strength, which will help you grow as a person. The first of his nine suggestions that I would like to discuss is the third one titled, “Flawless: There is Nothing Wrong With You.” This topic deals directly with associating strengths to a given weakness. He offers a chart which lists some corresponding strengths and weaknesses. One of these pairs that stuck out to me, because I can apply it to my own life is passionate vs. impatient. When it comes to music I am very passionate, I am almost always the first one to band practice and feel that I look to perfect things much more than other band mates. Many people have told me I’m impatient, which may be true, but my impatience comes from my passion to make the best music possible, which is certainly no weakness. The next suggestion of his I’d like to discuss is the sixth one, “Focus: You Can’t Do Both.” In this one he discusses how many people simultaneously try and fix their weaknesses while improving their strengths. By trying to do much at once you only become mediocre at many things, which doesn’t help you in the long run. In the professional world people look to hire people due to their strengths, such as someone whose really strong in post audio production. If that person spent less time on post audio production and allocated their time to something else then they would merely be mediocre in both areas, which may not help them in the long run. One point that I think is worth noting though is that it is good to be versatile. I myself am trying to make myself as versatile as possible so when I go to enter the workforce I have better prospects to find a job, but I don’t want to sacrifice any of my strengths in order to achieve this. The last point I’d like to discuss ties in with the last one I mentioned, its Rendall’s fifth point, “Build on Your Strengths.” The main point he makes in this one is that strengths are most likely your greatest area of natural skill or talent, so you have a much better chance to be successful through these strengths than you do through other areas. Also it feels fulfilling to work on these areas more so than others, because you will get a better sense of satisfaction through improving these areas. I personally like to work on my areas of natural talent, such as golf, when I was younger. I had a natural talent in golf and so that was where I spent most of my time, and its likely I became far more successful in golf than I would have in another sport in which I didn’t already have some sort of natural talent. Now I’d like to briefly discuss some of my strengths and weaknesses regarding creativity. Some strengths I would say would be the ability to lead and persuade people to get work done, where as weaknesses may be having a more open mind, and being too stubborn when it comes to my own ideas. Like many creative minds, I think my ideas are almost always the best, which is likely not true. My opening my mind to other peoples ideas we can combine thoughts, and often times come up with a solution that is better than either of us would have been able to come up with on our own.
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