If you get the chance, I would highly recommend reading the book Now, Discover Your Strengths, by Marcus Buckinham. I found it to be extremely insightful and very counter-intuitive. The premise, if you are not familiar with his work, is that we should discover our strengths and then spend the majority of our time working on and cultivating them. We should never emphasize making our weaknesses into strengths. He believes this is impossible and futile anyway. This isn't a book to tell which career to go into, but rather how to utilize your unique giftedness in the context you are in already. I don't know where Buckingham stands in regards to Christianity, but I can't help hearing Paul's words for us all to utilize our spiritual gifts for the advancement of the Kingdom. I believe this book, and this concept, are tapping into how God has designed things to be in the world. God wants all of us playing our unique role, in our particular context for His glory.
A related aside...the book will come with a code that will allow you to take the online assessment test. It will give you your top 5 areas for potential strength. Very helpful. Worth the price of the book. This gives the book a very practical element instead of just a nice theory. Check it out.
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