Why You Might Want To Avoid The Stuff You Suck At

Kresimir Jug
Sep 6, 2018 · 4 min read

Growing up, I always thought that strengthening your weaknesses was a great idea. Sports and video games dominated my formative years and if an athlete had a weakness or if you couldn’t get passed a certain boss then you spent your time getting good at it.

Real life doesn’t work like that all the time

Then, as I grew up and entered the world of entrepreneurship, I realized very quickly that there were many more things that I sucked at (like really sucked at) than I was good at. When you’re new, have no money, and grow up with sports and video games, you think you have to be the one that handles and fixes all these short comings. You don’t.

If you spend all your life trying to fix your weaknesses, you’ll just end up with little stronger weaknesses — Dan Sullivan

When I first heard Dan Sullivan from Strategic Coach talk about the concept of weaknesses, I was completely blown away. “What do you mean I can just ignore my weaknesses?” I asked.

“You can ignore your weakness, but your organization can’t ignore them.” He answered.

Things in your life still have to be completed in order for there to be the level of success that you want, but you don’t have to be the one to do it.

It took me a very long time to wrap my head around this way of thinking, but when I did it, it really changed my outlook on everything in life and increased my rate of growth.

What I took away from this conversation was that ALL of the things (yes even the ones I suck at) still need to be finished, I just don’t have to be the one that does them. In fact, if I give those tasks to someone who loves doing them, they will get done at a much higher level and as a result, my organization and joy will grow at the same time.

In our business, Rachelle and I started dividing our tasks; the ones that she didn’t like she got to ignore, and the same was true for me. For the ones that were way out of our league (accounting, book keeping, managing) we hired people and created a team. The results have been an increase in happiness and success with less stress and worry.

How does this apply to you?

When you’re facing a problem, goal or obstacle, think about re-ording the list of questions you ask yourself before you even begin the journey to getting it done.

Question 1

Is this an important step to overcoming or achieving this goal?

We’re all biased and that’s ok. It’s important to know and understand your biases because if you’re ignornant of them you’ll end up giving too much importance to the things you like and far less importance to the things you dislike.

It’s human nature to want to be surrounded by things that make you happy and comfortable, yet those are not all what’s required for success. If something is important for you success it needs to be done, no matter what you think or feel about it.

Question 2

Is this something I have to do or is there a better person for this job?

This all depends on the nature of what you’re trying to get done. My goal is to qualify for the CrossFit games; a requirement of which is getting good at olympic lifting, something that I’m currently working on. Since nobody can lift the weight for me, I have to learn how to do it. Which means that it might be possible to be a little bit better at something that I suck at.

If the goal is to have a tidy house and cutting grass is a task that must get done, you don’t have to be the one who cuts the grass. Maybe your partner likes doing it, or one of your kids. Let them do it.

Why is this important

My assumption is that you want success and achievement, and it’s hard to be and do that when you’re doing something that you hate doing. It’s also hard to be and do that when, because of your bias, you don’t think something is important so you miss it, when in reality it was vitally important.

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Kresimir Jug

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I believe you’re designed to be extraordinary. Individual, lover of achievement, husband to Rachelle, Dad to Aristotle and Vedran, Chiropractor, CrossFitter.

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