The Hidden Value of Knowing Your Weaknesses >>

One important building block for professional success is an awareness of your own strengths and weaknesses – in other words, being self-aware.

Since things like having vague goals, lacking ambition, procrastinating and lacking resolve are common reasons for failure, self-awareness can help to constructively take action against these weaknesses – or at least to balance them out with your strengths.

In order to be able to figure out exactly what your strengths and weaknesses are, it’s advisable to perform a thorough and honest self-analysis.

Don’t worry – this doesn’t require going to a psychologist.

It’s more than enough if you go through a checklist of questions, which should include:

-Have I achieved my aim for this year?

-Was I always friendly, courteous and cooperative?

-Did I make all decisions promptly and firmly?

Then you should compare your subjective self-analysis with somebody else’s objective evaluation of you.

This works best when you sit down with a person who knows you really well to openly and honestly discuss your strengths and weaknesses