How To Answer: What’s Your Biggest Weakness & Why It Really is Your Strength
I was speaking with a friend and they said something that has stuck with me.
“Often our biggest strength is also our biggest weakness.”
How incredibly interesting. What would you say your biggest strength is? Write it down or visualize it in your mind.
Theirs was ‘discipline’. Obviously, there are many incredible spaces for this strength! In work, sport, health, getting shit DONE. However, there are also times when too much discipline can become limiting, restricting - at the sacrifice of fun or time with loved ones.
Here are some weaknesses that can be rethought about as superpowers
Keep these in mind for your next job interview too
weakness/strength
inefficient / perfectionist, attentive to detail
lacks spontaneity / focused, regimented, stable
impatient / energetic, on the go
always late / big dreamer, which can turn into big ideas
naive / trusting
speaks their mind all the time / honest, transparent
procrastination / brainstormer, creative, deep thinker
sensitive /empathetic, human
cut throat or brutal / gets the job done, maintains a high standard
easily bored / thrives on variety, dynamic
chats too much / social and personable, interested in others, inquisitive
hates dogs …yeah, I’m struggling with a strength for this one haha perhaps avoid allergies to not overburden the health care system.
My point is, let’s stop being so hard on ourselves for said ‘flaws’. If you do recognize a weakness, perhaps explore the ways in which you can flip it into a strength. Or to find balance. For example with discipline, use that for your work. Then be ‘disciplined’ in scheduling out time with loved ones! If you’re honest, make a conscious effort to see whether your ‘honesty’ is simply an opinion or is it a fact? Is this an opinion of the other person or is it actually an opinion of yourself?
So you have lots of weaknesses? SAME.
Luckily that means we have potential for lots of strengths too. Journal it out, observe and flourish - because no one will do it for you.
