Work with what you have

Back when I read Now,
Discover Your Strengths, the one idea that stuck with me was that
working with one’s strengths is a faster road to success than fixating
on your weaknesses. Not only do I agree with that sentiment, but I also
think it applies when dealing with others.

Instead of trying to make other people different than what they are or
getting frustrated by their weaknesses, I think it’s best to concentrate
on their strengths and to work with what you have. Even in the personal
context. You get one Mom and one Dad. Learn to work with what you have,
find a way to make it work for you.

I think if we all spent our energy on optimizing our strengths, while
slowly but steadily improving our weaknesses and learned to take people
as they are and work with them, life would be considerably easier. Often
times, people disappoint us so much more because of our expectations of
them as opposed to anything they actually do.



Imagine if we stopped expecting and just took what we got.