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Sources of Insight » Blog Archive » Lessons Learned for 2008 — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 05:57:22 +0000

[...] Give your best where you have your best to give. Design your time to spend most of your time on your strengths. Limit the time you spend in your weaknesses. Play to your strengths. When you play to your strengths, if you get knocked down, it’s easier to get up again. It’s also how you unleash your best. See Give Your Best Where You Have Your Best to Give. [...]

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J.D. Meier's Blog : Lessons Learned in 2008 — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 23:28:02 +0000

By: J.D. Meier

J.D. Meier — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:40:35 +0000

@Kash – Good question.

Try this. At the end of each day, ask yourself, what was your favorite part of the day. Write it down. Do that for a week. You’ll notice a theme.

Next, start finding as may ways possible to apply your theme in work you already do. Your strength will go from good to great.

By: Kash

Kash — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 22:26:11 +0000

Hi J.D.
Thanks. BTW, I always wanted to mention that I really like the “take away” section. I pretty much read that first. If I have time I will read the rest but I always read the take aways.

One challenge is to find the strengths? sometimes there is just a bunch of average skills or talents (nothing special! just good not great). How can one systematically approach finding his/her strength?

Kash

By: J.D. Meier

J.D. Meier — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 07:07:26 +0000

@Ari – Thank you. You’re right — it does happen gradually and it’s easy not to notice. I checked out your post. I like the emotional guidance scale.

@Khaye – Thank you. I think optimisim helps. I think taking massive action helps (lots of little actions.) I fail a lot, but I learn and move on. Failures’s just lessons. You should see how many things I learned how not to do

@Avani – Euphoria is the way to go. I like the way you put it. It’s a reminder that wherever we go, we bring ourselves with us. It’s also a reminder that we’re the directors of our lives.

@Evelyn – Focused, strong, and inspired has a powerful ring to it. I like your choice of words.

By: Evelyn Lim

Evelyn Lim — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 03:44:42 +0000

It is a good idea to give from a position of strengths. We can reach out to others much more. It is less of a struggle. Our creativity flows naturally and weaves into actions that are focused, strong and inspired, based on our god-given abilities.

By: Avani-Mehta

Avani-Mehta — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:09:38 +0000

Hi J.D.,

Flourishing environments move us forward and provide us with opportunities to give best. Identifying particulars of those environments and recreating them wherever we go works like magic. This is what I practice. And yes .. the feeling is definately euphoric

By: Khaye

Khaye — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:22:10 +0000

I admire your optimism. It will bring you to places.

By: Ari Koinuma

Ari Koinuma — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:33:24 +0000

Hi J.D.,

Very nice post there. I thought that whole notion of strength/weakening activity is a good illustration for climbing up the ladder of healing and growth, which happens to be post I just made. Check it out: http://ourbestversion.com/2008/09/how-to-climb-up-the-ladder-of-healing-and-growth/

I think that people get used to weakening activities. We get sort of forced into them while going to school, and we unconsciously seek and accept similar-feeling places in our jobs and families, too. It’s the whole notion of we having to do what we’re being told to — we’re all free and can do what we want, but there aren’t that many people who really realize and practice that.

I guess we still have much to learn.

ari

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