Everyone has their strengths and weaknesses. Some things come more naturally to some, than others. This doesn’t mean that you’re just bad, and can never improve in that weakened area, it’s just something you have to work on. Your strength, what you find that comes to you easily, is someone else’s weakness. It seems so easy to you, but to someone else, it stops them in their tracks. A hindrance, it may be (Yoda), but there are ways to push through.
One thing that a lot of people do is delegate. In business, when something needs to be done, it needs to be done efficiently. If my weakness is time management, I may never get the task done or it will take me all day to complete. In this case, delegation works better. Someone else may have way better time management skills than I do. If I delegate the task to their strength, then I can move on to something else that I’m awesome at. It all works out for everyone.
The other way to improve your weakness is to actually work on it. Acknowledge that you do have a weakness. This way, you know exactly what you need to work on. You may never become a shining star at that weakness, but you will be better than you were before. Take some time and practice it. At first, you may find it hard and boring, but you have to be persistent. It’s like your parents making you eat spinach when you were younger – you hated it, but you had to do it. The more you practice, the better you’ll get. At least you’ll have some idea on how to perform your weakness and potentially make it work, but you won’t even get that far without a little practice. I would rather do it at thirty percent than five percent (if I HAD to do it).
These are just a couple of ways to improve your flaw. You can delegate and keep it moving, or you can step up to the challenge and make the effort to improve. Actually, the process should be: delegate and then practice. It may be a weakness, but there is always room for improvement. It still may be a weakness, but when you have to perform it, the little bit you can do may be enough to get by. That’s better than just ignoring it and not trying all together. We should all strive to make ourselves better, even through our weaknesses. Drink some water, take on the challenge, and make yourself better.