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Cory Muscara

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Cory Muscara

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Don't Try to Be "Well-Rounded"

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Hi, welcome back to

your Daily Mindfulness.

In today's session, we're going to

talk about cultivating your strengths

versus eliminating your weaknesses.

There's a big emphasis in our

culture on being well-rounded, as

if this is the epitome of success.

So if you imagine yourself as a star,

let's say, you might think of the

edges of the star as your strengths.

And where it dips in

might be your weaknesses.

And although we might not typically

think of it through this symbol, much

of what we try to do is pull out the

dips so that we're more of a circle and

this would be considered well-rounded.

And think about it for yourself.

When you think of improving

your life, if what comes up.

Do you default to thinking about

what you're not doing well and

figuring out how to do it better?

Or do you default to what you are doing

well and how you can improve that?

Both strategies are important, no doubt.

And you can point to many scenarios

where we have to evaluate what our

weaknesses are and make sure they're

not completely pulling us down.

But the research in positive psychology

continues to show that when we put more

emphasis on our strengths And develop

these strengths it makes us more effective

in the workplace in relationships.

It makes us more happy, resilient.

And you can check with your own

experience, but it feels good to

be attuned to what you're good at.

And if you organize your life to use

more of your strengths, at work and at

home, it's a very different way to go

about your life than constantly trying to

eliminate and focus on your weaknesses.

So my encouragement to

you today is twofold.

One assess what your usual

way about going about this is.

Do you focus more on weaknesses or

do you focus more on your strengths?

And to if it's the former, what

if instead of focusing so much on

rounding out the dips in the star,

you focused on sharpening the edges.

If you need some help assessing what

your strengths are, you can check

out the book StrengthsFinder 2.0.

Remember if you only focus on

eliminating your weaknesses, you

can never grow the gifts that you

were given to offer the world.

Thank you for your practice.

And I'll talk to you

soon in the meditation.

Take care.

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