Sometimes what we the think is our identifier, the one thing that gives us the upper hand against people that are almost exactly like us, can be our downfall. The saying that a coin has two sides has never been more relevant...
The saying live by the gun die by the gun comes into mind, presenting the concept that what you indulge in your entire life will be your down fall when passing on to the next life.
Within our profession the need to constantly want to control things may be our downfall, and I feel uneasy as I see how many practitioners leave the profession as the result of not being able to keep up. Instead of having enough faith to hand work over to our other employees we do all the work to ensure it is of a very high standard. The result- people feel excluded and unimportant in the organisation as they feel their contribution is insignificant and you end up burning out or dropping some balls while trying to keep them all in the air.
Other examples include having an addictive personality. Although this may serve well in all sorts of situations when it is combined with a destructive habit it could be the down fall of any person. Examples can be seen throughout casinos where people fight gambling addictions and at all places that chain smokers and heavy drinkers frequent.
Appreciate your talents, by all means and cherish your strengths as they will get you through the dark days, but watch out for your weaknesses...they may be the cause of the dark days...
so true... sometimes a weakness can also be a strength just because it makes us weak and that's okay. It shows that we're human.
ReplyDeleteI strongly believe that the flip side of one's strength is one's weakness, i.e eloquent, good, talker (strength) Not knowing when to shut up and/or hogging the company (weakness). We need to find the balance so that these two poles can live in harmony in one's best interest.
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