3 Unexpected Things That Happened When I Fully Focused On My Strengths

You're reading 3 Unexpected Things That Happened When I Fully Focused On My Strengths, originally posted on Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement. If you're enjoying this, please visit our site for more inspirational articles. You have all probably been to that dark place where the only thing you see is a failure and the only thing you hear is the ticking of negative thoughts in your brain. This is certainly a ‘place-to-be’ as our brain cannot function without negative thoughts. But one feels even more vulnerable when this dark place happens in a new country they have just moved to. That is exactly what happened to me when I moved to France from Armenia. Luckily, I spoke French so getting around and meeting people was not a problem. But when it came to finding a job and making close friends, I made efforts that never landed. Eventually, my confidence level shrank to a point where I was ready to return to my country. At that very moment, I am glad my ego said, “It means you are a weak person.” That ‘weak’ triggered my attention as no one had ever called me weak before. So I started looking for an answer to why I felt defeated until one day I had this weird thought. I wondered what would happen if I changed the spin and concentrated on my strengths instead of my weaknesses. Apparently, I had long forgotten about my strengths by that time. You have possibly heard a lot, “Focus on your strengths, forget about your weaknesses.” So I really wanted to ...
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