Benefits and consequences of working in your strengths

March 13th, 2012 by Agent Kevin Miller

Chances are, your daily work consists of 85-90% tasks that you can fulfill, but are mediocre at. And don’t much enjoy, other than the ease, comfort and routine of easy busy work. The other 10-15% is work that you are really good at (possibly as low as 5%).

Yet name any expert, authority, celebrity or leader that has accomplished something truly world changing or valuable, and you will find that they spend that 85-90% of their time working at what they are best at. Working in their strengths.

The question then, is thus:

  1. Do they now get to work in their strengths because it’s a luxury they can afford?
  2. OR…Did they get where they are BECAUSE they discovered where their strengths are, and committed to working primarily in them?

You know that’s a loaded question…it’s #2. But the key is whether you really believe that. I’m claiming it from my experience in reading up on, and knowing some…of these big names.

So maybe your goal isn’t to be a ‘big name’. Totally fine. But I bet you desire to get all you can from the time you spend working.

Today, StrengthLeader.com guru Deb Ingino and I discussed this topic with over 30 people in the live audience.

Think you can’t afford to focus on and work from your strengths? Listen to the show…


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  • http://www.thecallofmen.com/ Scott Moore

    Kevin,
    Working in your strengths isn’t about becoming a “big name”, though I suppose that may happen if you are working in your strengths. It’s about your work having any meaning other than just grinding out a paycheck. Maybe I’m just hitting midlife crisis time, but after 20+ years in the workforce I find it more important than ever to be working in my strengths. For me, at least, it’s the only way to feel like my hours spent working are worth anything.

    • http://www.freeagentacademy.com Kevin Miller

      Scott! Amen. Having meaning and purpose in our work…in the time we give…how can we desire anything less? The result is in our hearts. It fills out hearts. And only out of full hearts, we can fill others.

  • http://www.facebook.com/karenalenore Karena Lenore Kreger

    I’d just like the “second” the suggestion during the podcast for Deb to write further about the misconception of balance.  It sounds like it makes much more sense to be where you are 100% at any given moment instead of trying to be half and half focused.  It’s easy to live in a perpetual state of guilt if you try to balance everything.

    • http://www.freeagentacademy.com Kevin Miller

      That is counterintuitive to so much counsel out there…but hard to deny the wisdom in what you say Karena!

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