Your weakness is your strength

Strengths and weaknesses are different sides to the same coin. Examples:

• Slow to make decisions -> Great at building consensus

• Weak people manager -> Incredible individual executor

• Not vocal during meetings -> Thinks deeply about problems

• Rubs people the wrong way -> Head strong, visionary

• Tangential talker -> Relationship builder
  
  Simple? Yes. Here's how you use it:

• When critical and unappreciative (of yourself or others), flip the coin to focus on strengths to build empathy.

• Guide career decisions. If the area is table stakes for your career, get better at it. If not, find scope that fits your strengths.

• Share it with your team (my strengths are <X> but this means I have a blindspot in <Y>).