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Soar with Your Strengths
Objective - Identify your strengths and weaknesses.
Let The Rabbits Run: A Parable
Some forest animals started a school to develop their children into well-rounded animals by teaching all of them running, swimming, hopping, and flying.
On the first day of school, the little rabbit excelled in hopping and running class and he loved school because he got to do what he loved to do and was good at. When the rabbit went to swimming class, he was afraid of the water like all rabbits, so he did not swim well. In flying class, he could not get off the ground. He felt like a failure. When the other animals laughed at him, he felt even worse.
When he went home, he was pretty depressed. He told his parents he wanted to quit school. They told him to stick with it since his future success in life depended on mastering all these skills and getting his diploma. The next day, he asked the school counselor for help with his problems. To help him improve in his problem areas, the counselor put him in extra swimming and flying classes (which he hated) and canceled his running and hopping classes (which he loved) ....this made him feel sick!
As he left the counselor's office, he met the wise old owl who said, "Life doesn't have to be this way. We could have schools and businesses where people are allowed to concentrate on what they do well."
Pick One Strength and Pursue It
What distinguishes spectacular achievers from low achievers and failures is: prudence, forethought, willpower, perseverance and desire.
Achievers choose among their many talents and concentrate their efforts. In other words, when they find out what they do well, they do a lot of it.
Practice is the classic activity of successful people at their peak. Excellence is developed by repeating a strength through practice, mentally rehearsing, teaching others, or writing it down. Exceptional intelligence does not guarantee extraordinary accomplishment.
To achieve excellence, you must totally commit to one strength, being careful not to spread yourself too thin or to let your other strengths distract you.
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