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RokZRooM Special ! You Can Win by Shiv Khera

Any strength overextended becomes a weakness. For example, in sales, good speaking
ability is a strength. It is not uncommon to see salespeople with good speaking ability talk
themselves into a sale, then talk too much and talk themselves right out of the sale. Their
strength got them into it; however, overextended, it became a weakness and they lost the
sale. Listening is a strength. Overextended, however, it could mean that a person listens
a lot but does not speak enough. It becomes a weakness.

Our Greatest Weakness Can Become Our Greatest Strength

Anger is a weakness. How can it be turned into a strength? One lady demonstrated by
getting MADD! MADD stands for Mothers Against Drunk Driving. This lady lost her child
because of a drunk driver. She got so angry that she resolved not to tolerate this kind of
thing in society. She organized people all over the United States to fight drunk driving.
Today she and her association have become a significant force, with thousands of
members, and are succeeding in their pursuit to change legislation in Congress. That is
turning a negative emotion, like anger, into a strength by doing positive.

Have Patience

A lot of times we hear people saying that one exposure to a positive or a negative
material does not have any impact. That is not true. The difference may not be visible but
something is happening.
In China there is a bamboo tree which is planted, watered and fertilized for the first four
years and nothing happens. There is no visible sign of growth. But sometime during the
fifth year, the bamboo tree grows about 90 feet in six weeks. The question is: Did the
bamboo tree grow in six weeks or did it take five years to grow even though there was no
visible sign it was taking root in the ground? When there was no visible sign, if someone
had stopped watering and fertilizing it, would this have happened? Certainly not. The
bamboo tree would have died. We need to learn from nature and the lesson is pretty
clear. Have patience and faith and keep doing the right thing. Even though the results
may not be visible, something is happening.

Take Inventory: Make a List of All Your
Strengths and Weaknesses

Successful people realize their limitations but build on their strengths. Unless we know
these things, how can we build on them? Focus on what you want to do and be, rather
than what you don't.

STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES

The crux of self-esteem cannot be expressed better than the following words by Abraham
Lincoln.

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