Career and Achievement

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• Too often we don't pursue our dreams "out of fear disguised as practicality"

• People are more successful by spending the majority of time developing strengths versus deficiencies
• The majority of people do not do not feel like they have the opportunity to do what they do best on a daily basis while on the job
• People who focus on strengths at work are "more that three times as likely to report having an excellent quality of life.."
• In summary: develop the minimum base skills required in your career of choice for areas you are not talented in, but focus your primary effort on your talents to develop into further strengths, applied towards work and life achievement (Talent X Investment = Strength)
• A great resource expanding on these concepts with an assessment to define your talents is StrengthsFinder 2.0 by Tom Rath

• The fear of loss and failure is what prevents us from reaching our potential..however that loss and failure is what's absolutely necessary for our development 
• Acceptance: 
• Nobody has had true achievement on their own. We all need help along the way.

• True leadership is looking to render yourself obsolete by inspiring and preparing those around you to leverage their strengths