Comments on: Focus on Your Strengths

By: Jeff Kee

Jeff Kee — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:10:07 +0000

Health and well-being, above all, is my priority. I would never sacrifice any of my soccer games, nights out with the boys and girls, salsa dancing, or any other regular activities I do for work. I work hard during the hours I set for myself to work during and that’s it.

Living a fun and cool life is the best thing for me - hence I do not waste any time on video games, and very little time on TV shows. I’d rather work, play sports, dance, party, eat, sleep, travel, read, work out - that’s my perfect life right there!

By: Jorge

Jorge — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 11:06:09 +0000

You mean improving on other areas?

By: paulette

paulette — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:11:06 +0000

There’s nothing wrong of focusing on your your strength but of course we shouldn’t forget to take constructive criticism to improve.

By: Derek

Derek — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:50:38 +0000

This is a topic that I have given thought to on numerous occasions, as I often feel like I can be categorized as a jack of all trades and master of none. While I have been fairly successful with the things I have done, I don’t have the satisfaction that I desire - partly because I then think of an area where I am still weak.

Thanks for the great post Michael, you’ve given me some things to think about.

By: Jorge

Jorge — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:41:25 +0000

I agree with that.

By: Stefanie

Stefanie — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:31:35 +0000

I don’t know…I agree that if you want to be the very, very best at something, you definitely need to specialize. On the other hand, though, I think it’s quite possible to achieve 80-90% proficiency in a lot of things and be quite successful with that combination of skills, too. I definitely agree about the fact that you have to figure out what you’re *not* good at, though.

By: Matthew Schmoll

Matthew Schmoll — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:20:21 +0000

Your right, but what we should also try to do is to work on skills that compliment our strengths. Though it’s always good to be somewhat well rounded.

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:09:29 +0000

I really try to become proficient in a wide variety of areas, but maybe I should lay off on that a bit and focus more on one or two strengths…I think there needs to be a little bit of both and sort of balance.

You may not be an expert at internet marketing, but you should maybe have a decent understanding of it along with your writing expertise. Likewise, Chow is an internet marketing expert but in order to be successful, he also needed to be able to write at at least a mediocre level.

By: Jorge

Jorge — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:11:44 +0000

I agree with focusing on our mainly strength, but I think we should invest in other areas and be flexible, because you never know if you’re gonna loose your “main gift” or something like that.
Take care.