Comments on: Limitations

By: Patty Ann Smith

Patty Ann Smith — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 00:23:04 +0000

Clear = more productive and a lot less waste of energy. Knowing ourselves is a good goal, and clarity is important. I look at clarity as the opposite of confusion and, therefore, a BIG step in the right direction.

By: jeb

jeb — Fri, 23 Sep 2005 00:14:04 +0000

Good insight. As a manager, I used to startle people during performance reviews by trying to identify their strengths and ways to build and capitalize on them. Weaknesses were also discussed, but only in the context of shoring them up enough that they didn’t limit their ability to do what they were good at.

Reactions varied. A few were genuinely ill at ease discussing what they did well; I remember one (an outstanding contributor) in particular saying she didn’t want hear what she was doing well because it would only put pressure on her to try even harder.

By: jack

jack — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 23:47:05 +0000

I’m saying I’m more clear. I don’t accept limits as givens because of the self-fulfilling side to expectations. My commitment is to focusing as much on strengths as possible. Not easy, just important.

By: Daniella

Daniella — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 23:40:14 +0000

Jack,

This sound so easy but what about the little voice inside your head that pushes you to expand your limits, to push yourself to try something uknown and mysterious with no guarantee of successes but to try just to learn?

I know my limitations but can not be mature enough to accept them. Am I lost?

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 22 Sep 2005 20:29:59 +0000

Which is SO frigg’n difficult. I want to be better and shore up my weaknesses but seem to fall back, again and again, to what I am NOT good at.

That’s the rub.