Magnify Your Strengths

The weekend is upon us and its time to rejuvenate our internal engines. One of the spiritual exercises you can perform daily is to magnify one of your strengths on a daily basis. Visualize 1strength you have and talk about it all day long. If you do for seven days in a row then the strength you have magnified will become a core competency that others also experience. It is easy for all of us to gravitate to weaknesses and short comings in ourselves and in others. If you are always correcting your weaknesses and the weaknesses of others, negative energy and thinking will take over.

Instead if you magnify your strengths and the strengths of others, a larger good will take place—the rising tide lifts all boats principle will take over any negative energy that exists in your life and the life of the team. There is a technique that is taught in business school and that is the technique of catching folk doing something positive and then complimenting them on it. You can use this technique on yourself, your children, your significant others, your team mates and all members of your team. This is will focus attention on sharpening the skills of all involved. You can compliment positive qualities at the same time that you point out weaknesses that prevent yourself and others from being all that they can be. A rule of thumb is that for every weakness that is pointed out should be preceded by 6 positive feedback opportunities!