{"id":14790,"date":"2011-10-03T12:25:19","date_gmt":"2011-10-03T16:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=14790"},"modified":"2011-10-03T12:25:19","modified_gmt":"2011-10-03T16:25:19","slug":"working-on-your-weaknesses-may-be-your-biggest-weakness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/working-on-your-weaknesses-may-be-your-biggest-weakness","title":{"rendered":"Working on your weaknesses may be your biggest weakness."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The time you spend on bringing a weakness up from below  average to average will diminish the time you could be spending  improving your strengths. I find that people who spend lots of time  working on their weaknesses are those who do not know what they want and  therefore they feel the need to be good at \u201ceverything\u201d. The reality of  life is that you will never be good at everything. Wouldn\u2019t it be much  more productive to figure out what you want and then work only on those  things that push you in the direction of your dreams? The only  weaknesses you should be spending time on are the ones that are standing  directly in the way of you getting what you want out of life, and even  then, you should only do so if you cannot find someone else who has  those strengths to help you. Instead of working on your weaknesses,  start working on your strengths today and use them to get what you want.<\/p>\n<p>John Locke<\/p>\n<p>Locke In Your Success, LLC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The time you spend on bringing a weakness up from below average to average will diminish the time you could be spending improving your strengths. I find that people who spend lots of time working on their weaknesses are those who do not know what they want and therefore they feel the need to be good at \u201ceverything\u201d. 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