Your personalities are a mixture of some strength and some weakness. It’s a fact that you are good at some things, average at some others and really bad at others, that are also important as well. Being a human, you want to be perfect at everything. But that is definitely not possible. You can change your perspectives, can improve yourself through revisions, and can grow yourself in different aspects. So the question comes, how to turn your weakness into strength?
It takes much hard work to change yourself and turn your weakness into strength; and this ability is built in every person based on his will power.
“I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by rejection,” said Leonardo da Vinci. “
Here are 5 tips to guide how to turn your weakness into strength.
1- Treat your weakness like a To-Do list
If you are optimistic then your weaknesses are not flaws for you but just a to-do thing for you to improve constantly. Weakness can never be transformed into strength if you treat it like a real disgrace for yourself. You must try to look at your weakness just as a mean to improve and overcome because that is the real game of life. For transforming your weakness into strength, come out of your shells and take your weakness like a usual to-do thing; because you are never bounded by anything which may be restricting you from improving.
2- Welcome your weakness with your Efforts
Time comes when you feel you have tried really hard for something but all went in vain. So make it a habit to track your efforts you put forward to overcome your weakness. You have to work on your weakness which will improve you in all aspects of life. Conquering your fear and empower yourself through your weakness will make you less fearful and more confident in future. Welcome your every weakness with your efforts and make a big change.
3- Identify and admit your weakness
Your weakness can never be transformed into your strength if you keep on hiding it, ignoring it and not accepting its existence. So to overcome it, you have to admit that you do have weakness and then recognize what your weakness is. Once you accept your weakness, you can confront it; discuss it openly to get it solved, or at least face it with a positive mind rather than avoiding the confrontation which may cause unnecessary troubles sometimes.
4- Get guided from someone trustworthy
You never feel pleasant if your weakness is discussed somewhere. People often make fun of it, some may show some good response but just to assure you don’t feel bad. But there are some of your trustworthy people who often make harsh comments on your weakness; and those are the real ones who give right suggestions at right time. To transform your any weakness into strength you need to get guidance from those very people who give honest feedback just to improve you and put an end to your shyness.
5- Try helping others in same situation
Thinking that if you don’t have any required skills, make a problem, then keep in mind that this problem exists with many others as well. No one here is perfect or no one is there who knows each and every existing skill. Many famous and successful launches happen; the reason being that its founder himself needs that product or service. Therefore, you must try thinking about helping yourself as well as others who can reward for your weakness. This will motivate you to a new successful venture.
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