Leadership Reminder
Strengths.
We’ve all got ’em but few of us spend much time honing them. I suspect most of us spend our lives trying to achieve balance.
I’ve committed my life to doing the opposite.
I was reminded of this valuable insight from a sermon that Rick (HMC discipleship pastor) preached on Sunday. Why do we try so hard to shore up our weaknesses when God has given us areas of strength? We’ve been given unique abilities and gifts. Why spend the energy to build on our weaknesses when, at the end of the day, they will still be weaknesses. Wouldn’t you rather work on your strengths?
But what about the rest of the stuff that needs to get done?
I’m naive enough to believe that someone else’s strengths are my weaknesses. So, if you’re looking for a detailed policy maker, I’m not your guy. If you want someone who likes dreaming about the future, leading people, and challenging the conventional “way we’ve always done it” mentality. Give me a call.
The catalyst for my “play to your strengths” ideological shift was a book by Marcus Buckingham called, “Now, Discover your Strengths.” It included an online access code for a personality survey. At the end of the survey I was told my 5 areas of greatest strength (out of 34 possibilities). If you have some extra time I’d highly recommend this extensive, strengths-based survey.
