Inspiration and Life
What Happens if You Overuse a Strength?
The hidden weakness of strength
Are you aware you can overuse your strengths at work and in life? The problem with this is when you overuse a strength, it becomes a weakness!
What are strengths? They are abilities that allow you to do things well, whereas weaknesses show up in things you do poorly.
Let’s look at some commonly overused strengths, the problems they create, and how to deal with them.
A little background first. The overuse of strengths is an often misunderstood issue in the business world. You don’t have to be in a leadership position to suffer from this problem. It happens to people from all walks of life.
Strengths and weaknesses are abilities that appear in your behaviors and attitude. They can be improved or modified by increasing your self-awareness and changing your thinking.
Everyone has a particular combination of strengths and weaknesses, making them unique. Unfortunately, too many people are unaware that overuse can turn a strength into a weakness, seriously impacting their lives and careers.
It is easy to overuse a strength with no idea you are doing so!
