by Rick Baker
On Aug 3, 2011
A traditional aphorism of wisdom states: if it ain’t broken, don’t fix it.
If that thought is kept in the isolation ward then it is fine.
In reality, the human mind has few if any isolation wards.
And, it seems many people take that
if-it-ain’t-broken-don’t-fix-itthought and stretch it into new dimensions, specifically:
- if it ain’t broken, leave it alone and
- if it is broken, fix it.
We have learned those can be serious-problem dimensions.
Here are some thoughts
- Successful people in all occupations build on their strengths. Successful people focus attention on their talents, their passions, and their strengths. They dedicate a larger-then-average amount of their time gathering knowledge and honing skills around their talents. Successful people surround their strengths with action and they aim their strengths toward results.
- When successful people have weaknesses they do not dwell on them. They do two other things:
- they improve in their areas of weaknesses just enough to ensure the weakness does not disrupt or negate their strengths and
- they ally with others who possess the necessary but missing strengths
This approach to strengths & weaknesses is one of the major reasons successful people are successful.