If
you want to do anything in your life, you must know your own strengths and
weaknesses. If you want to initiate anything in your life, you should know your
own strengths and weaknesses. If you want to pursue your goal, you ought to
know your own strengths and weaknesses.
Because without knowing your own
strengths and weaknesses, you couldn’t move forward in your life; it will
become like taking a blind step in the swampy place. It is the knowledge of
your own strengths and weaknesses that will help you to evaluate and judge your
own caliber and potential, whether you will able to move forward or not,
whether you will able to accomplish your goal or not.
In other words, when you know your
own strengths and weaknesses before you do anything, you can easily polish and
sharpen your own strengths and rectify and amend your own weaknesses. And you
can prepare yourself wholly.
“In
most cases, strengths and weaknesses are two sides of
the same coin. A strength in one situation is a weakness in another, yet often
the person can’t switch gears, it’s a very subtle thing to talk about strengths
and weaknesses because almost always they’re the same thing.”
---Steve Jobs
What will happen if a soldier starts
fighting against the enemy soldier without knowing his strengths and weaknesses
and vice versa?
Could he defeat the enemy soldier?
No.
There is not an iota of any chance.
He couldn’t defeat the enemy soldier
without knowing his own strengths and weaknesses as well as the strengths and
weaknesses of the enemy soldier. His defeat is 100% sure.
On the other hand, if he knows his
own strengths and weaknesses as well as the strengths and weaknesses of the
enemy soldier, he will able to polish and sharpen his strengths and rectify and
amend his weaknesses, and at the same time he will able to study the strengths
and weaknesses of the enemy soldier. And ultimately he will easily defeat the
enemy soldier.
What
about you? Do you know your own strengths and weaknesses?
“True success lies in knowing your weaknesses
and playing to your strengths.”
---Sophia
Amoruso
“Desire,
enmity, comforts, sorrow, physical body, conscience, obstinacy etc. are the
defects which dog this field (Body).”
---Bhagwad
Gita
The above verse from the Bhagwad Gita
advises you:
• Give up your untamed desires and
wishes; they will always divert your mind, heart and soul.
• Give up your enmity with anyone or
anybody; it will ruin your strong bonding and good relationship with your own
people.
• Give up your comforts; they will
only make you idle and lethargic.
• Give up your sorrows; they will
make your life like hell.
• Give up the attachment of your
physical body; build it up strong and powerful so that you could utilize it for
your right deeds.
• Give up your bad thoughts, bad
dreams, bad intentions, bad ideas, bad plans, bad decisions and bad actions;
they will spoil your life.
• Give up your stubbornness; it will
lead you to your downfall and setback.
• Because your desire, enmity,
comforts, physical body (i.e. attached to physical beauty), conscience (i.e.
lack of sense of right or wrong) and obstinacy are the weaknesses which plague
your life like a field is damaged by the unwanted weeds, creepers and wild
plants.
DESIRE + ENMITY+ COMFORTS + PHYSICAL
BODY + CONSCIENCE + OBSTINACY = RUIN YOUR LIFE
Anecdote:
Once, a ten year old boy who decided
to study judo despite the fact that he had lost his left arm in a devastating
car accident.
“Sensei,” the boy finally said,
“Shouldn’t I be learning more moves?”
“This is the only move you know, but
this is the only move you’ll ever need to know,” the sensei replied.
Not quite understanding, but
believing in his teacher, the boy kept training.
Several months later, the sensei took
the boy to his first tournament. Surprising himself, the boy easily won his
first two matches. The third match proved to be more difficult, but after some
time, his opponent became impatient and charged; the boy deftly used his one
move to win the match. Still amazed by his success, the boy was now in the
finals.
This
time, his opponent was bigger, stronger, and more
experienced. For a while, the boy appeared to be over matched.
Concerned that the boy might get hurt, the referee called a time-out. He was
about to stop the match when the sensei intervened.
“No,” the sensei insisted, “Let him
continue.”
Soon after the match resumed, his
opponent made a critical mistake: he dropped his guard. Instantly, the boy used
his move to pin him. The boy had won the match and the tournament. He was the
champion.
On the way to home, the boy and
sensei reviewed every move in each and every match. Then the boy summoned the
courage to ask what was really on his mind.
“Sensei,
how did I win the tournament with only one move?”
“You won for two reasons,” the sensei
answered. “First, you’ve almost mastered one of the most difficult throws in
all of judo. And second, the only known defense for that move is for your
opponent to grip your left arm.”
The boy’s biggest weakness had become
his biggest strength.
What lessons you can take away from
this story?
• Work on your weaknesses.
• Don’t afraid of your weaknesses.
• Improve yourself every day.
• Only focus on your goal.
• Believe in yourself.
• Conquer your fear.
• Keep your persistence.
• Never give up.
Always
remember that you can turn your biggest weakness into your biggest strength.
What are your biggest
strengths?
• Your self-believe
• Your self-confidence
• Your self-discipline
• Your self-control
• Your self-reliance
• Your determination
• Your dedication
•
Your potential
• Your caliber
• Your positive attitude
• Your flexibility
• Your creativity
• Your punctuality
• Your enthusiasm
• Your patience
• Your optimism
What are your biggest
weaknesses?
• Your self-doubts
• Your fears
• Your nervousness
• Your indiscipline
• Your self-pity
• Your dependence
• Your indecisiveness
• Your irresponsibility
•
Your hesitations and confusions
• Your inflexibility
• Your laziness
• Your restlessness
• Your unpunctuality
• Your boredom
• Your impatience
• Your pessimism
How your strengths help you to
succeed in your life?
• You can do anything.
• You can manage yourself.
• You can control yourself.
• You can face any situation.
• You can take tough decisions.
• You can focus on your goal.
• You can conquer anything.
• You can defeat anybody.
• You can discover your own destiny.
• You can create your own
opportunity.
• You can build your own fate.
• You can move ahead.
• You can accomplish your aims and
objectives.
• You can easily surpass every hurdle
of your life.
• You can keep your own flexibility.
• You can keep your own patience.
• You can keep yourself motivated and
high spirit.
• You can attain your grand success
and glory.
How your weaknesses, create hurdles
in the path of your success?
•
Everything becomes impossible for you.
• You will unable to manage yourself.
• You will become out of control.
• Every situation becomes like a
Himalayan task.
• You will unable to take any
decision.
• You will distract from your goal.
• You will unable to conquer
anything.
• You will become weak and timid.
• You will lose your own destiny.
• You will miss your own golden
opportunity.
• You will destroy your own fate.
• You will wander in your life.
• You will unable to accomplish your
aims and objectives.
• You will create your own hurdle.
• You will unable to take any
initiative.
• You will commit mistakes and
blunders.
• You will become lack of energy and
low spirit.
• You will only attain your worst defeat and
failure.
“You are strong when you know your
weaknesses. You are beautiful when you appreciate your flaws. You are wise when
you learn from your mistakes.”
---Anonymous
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