{"id":6683,"date":"2010-08-11T06:00:53","date_gmt":"2010-08-11T11:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhyatt.com\/?p=6683"},"modified":"2010-08-11T06:00:53","modified_gmt":"2010-08-11T11:00:53","slug":"why-you-should-understand-your-weaknesses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fullfocus.co\/why-you-should-understand-your-weaknesses\/","title":{"rendered":"Why You Should Understand Your Weaknesses"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do you know your weaknesses as well as your strengths<\/a>? Early in my career, I thought I had to be good at everything. It didn\u2019t help that I had a boss who seemed to be great at everything. This challenged me to work on my own \u201careas of opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to bestselling author Marcus Buckingham, in his book Now, Discover Your Strengths<\/a><\/em>, most organizations are built on two flawed assumptions about people:<\/p>\n

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  1. Each person can learn to be competent in most anything;<\/li>\n
  2. Each person\u2019s greatest room for growth is in his or her areas of greatest weakness.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n

    Not true. You can\u2019t be good at everything. In fact, you can only be great at a few things. The sooner I realized this, the more quickly I could focus on my strengths and steer clear of my weaknesses.<\/p>\n

    Buckingham argues that knowing your strengths is vital to being more productive and happier. But I would argue that knowing your weaknesses is just as important. Why?<\/p>\n