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We all have our strengths and weaknesses, that goes without saying, and as part of our self help we try to improve upon those weaknesses. If you are like me you have probably been taught that the best way to improve your weaknesses is with continual and consistent practice and effort. While it is in most cases true that practice makes perfect, is this really the best method for our personal growth?
You see when your energy is high and you are feeling great, that is when you are most productive. It is pretty hard to have great, positive, high energy when you are spending so much time working on things that are hard for you or that you are not good at. If we take the opposite approach and spend most of our time each day on our strengths, we will find ourselves more energetic and productive. We can then use the spillover effect of this energy towards spending a little bit of time working on our weaknesses. This becomes a win-win because we are focusing our strengths and at the same time improving our weaknesses in a more effective way.
