Your Greatest Strengths May Start as Little Blind Spots

Do you ever look back on something you thought was difficult, only to now believe it is easy?

We do not start in life with strengths set in stone. We start with an empty slate. Many women have natural abilities, but they still need to improve their blind spots. It just does not take them as long as others.

When you look at your current strengths as a one-time weakness, you can take comfort in knowing your present blind spots will someday be strengths. Of course, this is if you want to turn them into strengths. There may be reasons why you do not want to put in the effort. We only have only 365 days in a year, after all. We have other situations happening in the lives that cause us to put certain things on the back burner.

You should ask yourself, "How important are some of your blind spots?"

This is when you take advantage of the strengths-once-were-weaknesses mindset. That is not always as straightforward as we would like.

Are they preventing you from obtaining your goals?

No: If not, then ask if improving them would be nice to do, but not necessary. You can still live your life without getting better in those weak areas.

For instance, maybe you love the game of softball and have joined a league. But, you don’t have much time to practice, other than the two days per week the team meets up for that purpose. You are not a good player but enjoy the game. If you could become a stronger player, that would be wonderful, but it will not change your life much.

Yes: On the other hand, if not having a particular skill prevents you from getting a promotion, which is essential to you (not for everybody), you may want to focus on getting better at that skill.

It helps you figure out what steps you need to take to improve the current stage of your blind spot. It can help you to determine the time required to get it done. You will also need to understand what it will take to measure your success accurately to improve the shortcomings. 

Talk to women who already have accomplished what you are trying to do. Ask questions about what they did to overcome those blind spots, and see if they have any resources you could benefit from for your success. This can get you where you want to be much quicker than going it alone.