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veryone has both strengths and weaknesses. The difference between great achievers and
those that aren't is that great achievers have learned to capitalize on their
strengths and not be limited by their weaknesses.
In order
to begin to experience success it is important to take personal inventory of
your life. Make a list of your strengths
(what you are good at) and of your weaknesses (what you aren't good at). By having a clear picture of your strengths
you have an understanding of what you can build on.
While it
is important to seek to improve your areas of weakness, it is more important to
continue improving your strengths. Great
athletes have learned this secret. One
reason Tiger Woods is such a phenomenal golfer is because of his burning desire
to continue to improve his skills. After
winning the 2000 U. S. Open, by a record margin, he was talking about things
that he needed to do to improve. This is
what sets him apart from his peers.
Michael
Jordan became the greatest basketball player of all-time by continually
striving to strengthen his strengths.
The reason he could pull off seemingly impossible feats on the
basketball court are because in practice he worked on developing his
strengths. While some viewed his
accomplishments under pressure as being lucky, the truth is they were the
results of much practice and preparation.
If he was lucky it was because he created his own luck by doing the
right things consistently.
You too
can enjoy extraordinary results if you will begin to spend more time developing
your strengths than your weaknesses.
Take your strengths and begin to improve them until they are
stronger. In doing so you will begin to
accomplish greater things then you ever expected.
Practice, practice,
practice!
By continually working on your strengths you are
constantly improving what you are good at.
Just like Tiger Woods you become great not because you are lucky but
because you work hard at improving what you are already good at. By honing your skills in practice you are
insuring peak performance when the pressure is on. In the heat of the battle you will naturally
do what you perfected in practice.
Don't focus on your
weaknesses.
You will always go in the direction of your dominant
thoughts. If you focus on what you
aren't good at you will insure failure or defeat. However, if you begin to focus on what your
strengths are you will move towards success.
Simply put, "accentuate the positive!"
Find a coach or mentor.
Gain the assistance of someone that's "been
there, done that!" Allow them to
teach and train you. Learn from their
experience and expertise. Let them
motivate, inform, and correct you as necessary.
Make yourself accountable to them.
Determine to do your best.
Always give yourself 100% to what you are
doing. Make the decision to do the right
thing the right way consistently. Demand
excellence of yourself. Don’t settle for
anything less than your best. Constantly
seek to improve. Keep raising the bar of
what you expect of yourself. You will be
amazed at the outcome.
Believe you are created for
greatness.
You have incredible potential and
possibilities. There is no reason why
you can't excel in life. God has given
you the abilities you need to work with in order to succeed in life. You are made in God's image and likeness;
therefore you have the right to greatness.
You have the right to be a success.
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