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What does it mean?
True growth comes from directly addressing and improving your flaws.
In plain terms
Make your weaknesses into strengths.
What can you take from it?
Improvement starts with fixing what you are bad at.

Where it applies

  • career growth
  • personal development
  • education

Putting it to work

  • identify weaknesses
  • practice difficult skills

Questions to consider

  • What is your biggest weakness?
  • Are you working on your flaws or your strengths?

Another view

Sometimes it is better to leverage strengths than fix weaknesses.

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