From Values to Action: The Four Principles of Values-Based Leadership

BUILDING STRENGTHS, IDENTIFYING WEAKNESSES

When you have true self-confidence, you accept the fact that you may never reach all your goals. You realize that the journey to reach your full potential is ongoing: there is always more to learn or experience. You are constantly learning, growing, expanding, and gaining new experiences. As you build true self-confidence, you will more easily identify those areas in which you excel, as well as those in which you are lacking. The tendency for many people is to spend more time immediately on what they are not good at or on areas in which they do not have competence, to the exclusion of those areas in which they have a higher level of ability or innate talent. Weaknesses should not be the top priority. ...