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Redefine Your Strength

  • Writer: Mike Paul
    Mike Paul
  • Aug 14, 2018
  • 2 min read

Updated: Aug 17, 2018


True strength means you admit you have weaknesses or dents in your armor. We’ve discussed setting simple boundaries and seeking positive outlets for ourselves and in this blog I’d like to focus on how we can use our strengths to overcome our weaknesses.


Strengths versus Weaknesses

We all have strengths and weaknesses. To get us started, I think it’s important to first highlight how people view “strength”, this data is from an article published on the Huffington Post “It’s Time to Redefine Strength”. The following list are common answers to—What does being “strong” look like to you?

  1. Not crying, if you have too, do it alone

  2. Not being too “emotional”

  3. Knowing the right way to be and the right path to take

  4. Answering “good” to the question, “How are you?” no matter how you really feel.

  5. Staying positive and being grateful at all times.

  6. Never burdening others with your problems.

Sound familiar? This next list are common answers to—What does it mean to not be “strong” all the time?

  1. If I’m not strong people will know I’m not perfect.

  2. If I can’t hold it together people will judge me as being “crazy.”

  3. Strong people suck it up and move on.

  4. Tears mean I’ve lost control, which could be looked at as erratic and untrustworthy

  5. If I start crying people may think I’ll never stop.

  6. If I can’t hold it all together, people will assume I’m a mess and can’t provide.

Those are the emotional binds we get ourselves into with our definitions of strength. The truth is, humans are wired for emotional connection. Strength should validate our feelings rather than steer us away from them. Strength should be about letting people in rather than telling people “I’m fine”. Emotional waves come and go and it’s important to know that true strength means your not afraid to let your guard down or be vulnerable.

“It takes true strength of character to redefine your limits by pushing past them”

Here’s a helpful exercise to use your strengths to overcome your weaknesses.

Start by identifying your strengths and weaknesses. To get started, compile a list of your strengths and weaknesses, write 5-6 strengths and 1-3 weaknesses, I’d recommend writing them down in 2 columns as a framework. I’ve done this exercise recently and I can honestly say that it’s working, my mentality is to chip away little by little at my weaknesses using my strengths and realize that it’s going to take time to overcome them but that’s ok. Bettering oneself should be a marathon, not a race.


Redefining your strength needs to be a lifelong commitment and it’ll benefit your healthy lifestyle in the end. If there’s one thing you can take from this blog post is this... Understand that no ones perfect, we all have imperfections and defects, we all fail and make mistakes. Personally, I have failed and have made mistakes many times in my life and I don’t want to always revert to beating myself up every time things go wrong. That’s why I started this website and blog, to channel the right ways to “strive for greatness” within myself and hopefully help others along the way. I’ll leave you with this, it takes true “strength” to recognize and rectify our weaknesses or weakest moments in life in order to overcome them.


 
 
 

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Mike Paul
Mike Paul
Aug 17, 2018

Thank you so much for following my daily posts. I’m thrilled the advice and insight are helping, that’s my goal to help others along life’s journey! God bless

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cervera.bernadette
Aug 15, 2018

Hey MIke, I have been following your daily posts and I can honestly say you are helping me....today was awesome....Your advice can apply to any age, even me at 65 years young Lol!...I am going to write down my strengths and weaknesses this week and start to chip away at the weaknesses though I really want to avoid addressing them because I am afraid I will not follow through...thanks so much for the insight!!!

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