How do you feel about your weaknesses? Are you intentional about working on them or have you fallen into the trap of thinking they don’t matter? Do you think or say, “That’s just the way I am. I can’t help it. Don’t expect me to change”?
你覺得你有什么缺點嗎?你是故意和他們工作,還是覺得陷入思維陷阱也不重要呢?你是不是認為或者說,“這是我自己的方式,我無法改變,別指望我改變。”
If your co-workers sat in a conference room and made a list of your greatest weaknesses, what would be on the list? As you consider the things they would discuss, how many of those things could you improve tomorrow, if you were intentional?
如果你的同事坐在會議室,在一個清單上寫出你最大的缺點,他們會在上面寫什么?當你考慮他們討論的事時,你明天會有意識的去改變多少這些事?
If your spouse or significant other were to make a list of the things you do that bug him or her, what would be put on the list? As you think of the most likely answers, how hard would it be to stop doing those things, if you really tried?
如果你的伴侶或者其他重要的人列出一些重要的事讓你去做,他們會列出什么樣的事?當你你認為這是最可能的答案時,如果你真的試過了,會有多難停止做這些事情?
Rewards for Turning Weaknesses into Strengths
把弱項變成強項后,給自己獎勵。
What many people don’t realize is that their weaknesses are holding them back from enjoying more meaningful relationships, advancing their careers, improving their self-images and confidence, and living happier lives.
許多人沒有意識到的是,他們的弱點是阻礙他們享受更多的有意義的人際關系,發展他們事業,提高他們的自我形象和信心和快樂的生活的因素。
I am a firm believer that when you do the little things that you know you should do, without excuses, you feel better about yourself and the person you are becoming. When you blow them off or discount them, your subconscious knows the truth. When you repeatedly fail to do the things you know you should do, it’s impossible to feel good about yourself.
我堅信當我做一些我知道的自己應該做的事時,沒有任何借口,你會感覺你成為那個很好的人。當你打擊他們時,你的潛意識已經知道真相。當你反復做不到你知道你應該做的事時,你不可能感覺自己良好。
The fact is that 95% of the weaknesses I see holding people back are things they could change today, by simply being intentional.
事實是,他們今天就可以改變其中95%的阻礙他們的缺點,只需要通過簡單的潛意識。
1. Change Your Attitude.
1.改變你的態度。
Never again allow yourself to think or believe that weaknesses are irrelevant. You can change weaknesses into strengths.
再也不讓自己認為或相信的弱點是無關緊要的。你可以把自己弱點變成強項。
Michael Jordan said, “My attitude is that if you push me towards something that you think is a weakness, then I will turn that perceived weakness into a strength.”
邁克爾·喬丹說,“我的態度是,如果你碰我的東西,你認為是一個弱點,然后我將感知到的弱點變成了一種力量。”
2. Acknowledge your weaknesses.
2.承認你的弱點。
The first step towards improving your weaknesses is to openly acknowledge them.
改變你弱點的第一步就是公開的承認它們。
3. Be Intentional.
3.有意的。
Choose one weakness and start today to work on it at home, at work, and in your social circles.
選擇一個弱點,從今天就開始在家里工作,在工作中,你的社交圈子里去克服它。
For most people, it’s not the lack of focus on their strengths that holds them back; it’s the lack of focus on their weaknesses!
對大多數人來說,并不是缺乏專注于他們的強項,而是缺乏關注他們的弱點。