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THE WAY I SEE IT: Part of being great is recognizing what you're [not] great at...

No one is good at everything they attempt. Not everyone is cut out for everything they believe they are cut out for.

Everyone has weaknesses and achillies heels that affect their "performance" at home and on-the-job.

Awareness of this fact is essential for greatness.

The key is to lean into the reality of our real (not imagined) strenghts, and our real (not denied) weaknessess, and face their truth.

"Facing their truth" means to honestly and humbly consider the real-world implications of what we bring, and don't bring to the table in any given situation we find ourselves in.

This affords us the opportunity to NOT waste time. Not our time, nor anyone else's time.

Denying, rationalizing, and justifying weaknessess only serves to weaken an opportunity to grow.

Assets are born from embracing deficits.

Caretaking is enabling, sugar-coating, and telling people what they want to hear.

Caring for is confronting, challenging, and telling people what they need to hear.

Short term: caretaking helps; caring for hurts.

Long term: caretaking hurts; caring for helps.

I choose caring for... right here... right now.

©2011 Tom Leu