Because without knowing your own strengths and weaknesses, you couldn’t move forward in your life; it will become like taking a blind step in the swampy place. It is the knowledge of your own strengths and weaknesses that will help you to evaluate and judge your own caliber and potential, whether you will able to move forward or not, whether you will able to accomplish your goal or not.
In other words, when you know your own strengths and weaknesses before you do anything, you can easily polish and sharpen your own strengths and rectify and amend your own weaknesses. And you can prepare yourself wholly.
“In most cases, strengths and weaknesses are two sides of the same coin. A strength in one situation is a weakness in another, yet often the person can’t switch gears, it’s a very subtle thing to talk about strengths and weaknesses because almost always they’re the same thing.”
---Steve Jobs
What will happen if a soldier starts fighting against the enemy soldier without knowing his strengths and weaknesses and vice versa?
Could he defeat the enemy soldier?
No.
There is not an iota of any chance.
He couldn’t defeat the enemy soldier without knowing his own strengths and weaknesses as well as the strengths and weaknesses of the enemy soldier. His defeat is 100% sure.
On the other hand, if he knows his own strengths and weaknesses as well as the strengths and weaknesses of the enemy soldier, he will able to polish and sharpen his strengths and rectify and amend his weaknesses, and at the same time he will able to study the strengths and weaknesses of the enemy soldier. And ultimately he will easily defeat the enemy soldier.
What about you? Do you know your own strengths and weaknesses?
“True success lies in knowing your weaknesses and playing to your strengths.”
“Desire, enmity, comforts, sorrow, physical body, conscience, obstinacy etc. are the defects which dog this field (Body).”
---Bhagwad Gita
The above verse from the Bhagwad Gita advises you:
• Give up your untamed desires and wishes; they will always divert your mind, heart and soul.
• Give up your enmity with anyone or anybody; it will ruin your strong bonding and good relationship with your own people.
• Give up your comforts; they will only make you idle and lethargic.
• Give up your sorrows; they will make your life like hell.
• Give up the attachment of your physical body; build it up strong and powerful so that you could utilize it for your right deeds.
• Give up your bad thoughts, bad dreams, bad intentions, bad ideas, bad plans, bad decisions and bad actions; they will spoil your life.
• Give up your stubbornness; it will lead you to your downfall and setback.
• Because your desire, enmity, comforts, physical body (i.e. attached to physical beauty), conscience (i.e. lack of sense of right or wrong) and obstinacy are the weaknesses which plague your life like a field is damaged by the unwanted weeds, creepers and wild plants.
DESIRE + ENMITY+ COMFORTS + PHYSICAL BODY + CONSCIENCE + OBSTINACY = RUIN YOUR LIFE
Anecdote:
Once, a ten year old boy who decided to study judo despite the fact that he had lost his left arm in a devastating car accident.
“Sensei,” the boy finally said, “Shouldn’t I be learning more moves?”
“This is the only move you know, but this is the only move you’ll ever need to know,” the sensei replied.
Not quite understanding, but believing in his teacher, the boy kept training.
Several months later, the sensei took the boy to his first tournament. Surprising himself, the boy easily won his first two matches. The third match proved to be more difficult, but after some time, his opponent became impatient and charged; the boy deftly used his one move to win the match. Still amazed by his success, the boy was now in the finals.
This time, his opponent was bigger, stronger, and more experienced. For a while, the boy appeared to be over matched. Concerned that the boy might get hurt, the referee called a time-out. He was about to stop the match when the sensei intervened.
“No,” the sensei insisted, “Let him continue.”
Soon after the match resumed, his opponent made a critical mistake: he dropped his guard. Instantly, the boy used his move to pin him. The boy had won the match and the tournament. He was the champion.
On the way to home, the boy and sensei reviewed every move in each and every match. Then the boy summoned the courage to ask what was really on his mind.
“Sensei, how did I win the tournament with only one move?”
“You won for two reasons,” the sensei answered. “First, you’ve almost mastered one of the most difficult throws in all of judo. And second, the only known defense for that move is for your opponent to grip your left arm.”
The boy’s biggest weakness had become his biggest strength.
What lessons you can take away from this story?
• Don’t afraid of your weaknesses.
• Improve yourself every day.
• Only focus on your goal.
• Believe in yourself.
• Conquer your fear.
• Keep your persistence.
• Never give up.
Always remember that you can turn your biggest weakness into your biggest strength.
What are your biggest strengths?
• Your self-believe
What are your biggest weaknesses?
• Your hesitations and confusions
• Your laziness
• Your restlessness
• Your unpunctuality
• Your boredom
• Your impatience
• Your pessimism
How your strengths help you to succeed in your life?
• You can do anything.
• You can manage yourself.
• You can control yourself.
• You can face any situation.
• You can take tough decisions.
• You can focus on your goal.
• You can conquer anything.
• You can defeat anybody.
• You can discover your own destiny.
• You can create your own opportunity.
• You can build your own fate.
• You can move ahead.
• You can accomplish your aims and objectives.
• You can easily surpass every hurdle of your life.
• You can keep your own flexibility.
• You can keep your own patience.
• You can keep yourself motivated and high spirit.
• You can attain your grand success and glory.
How your weaknesses, create hurdles in the path of your success?
• Everything becomes impossible for you.
• You will unable to manage yourself.
• You will become out of control.
• Every situation becomes like a Himalayan task.
• You will unable to take any decision.
• You will distract from your goal.
• You will unable to conquer anything.
• You will become weak and timid.
• You will lose your own destiny.
• You will miss your own golden opportunity.
• You will destroy your own fate.
• You will wander in your life.
• You will unable to accomplish your aims and objectives.
• You will create your own hurdle.
• You will unable to take any initiative.
• You will commit mistakes and blunders.
• You will become lack of energy and low spirit.
• You will only attain your worst defeat and failure.
“You are strong when you know your weaknesses. You are beautiful when you appreciate your flaws. You are wise when you learn from your mistakes.”
---Anonymous
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