24 January Feedback: Key to Continuous Learning (...cannot do...)

[Paul Terlemezian]

If we are to focus on continuous learning and to focus on improving our strengths then do we still need to identify weaknesses?

 

One of my fondest beliefs is that a "weakness" is actually - a strength taken to an extreme.

 

So perhaps improving on a strength may mean learning when to apply a strength and/or when to limit its application.

 

Would it work for us to use existing assessment methods designed to identify weaknesses (i.e. gaps) and then identify the underlying strength that can be improved?

 

Is anyone doing this?

[Paul Terlemezian]

Drucker defines a habit he picked up from Jesuits and Calvinists.

Whenever they do something of significance - they write down the results they anticipate. Nine months later they compare the actual results to the anticipations.

I am going to share this with my wife and my daughter. I think this is significant because the thinking created by what I am writing in this discussion group is an important part of my life and I want them both to be aware of it. What I anticipate from this decision is the following:

1. I will keep writing with daily updates for the rest of the year (at least until 9 months from today)

2. Sherry and Julie will ask me why I am writing in this discussion group and that will force me to be able to answer their question truthfully (accountability is important.)

3. I benefit from writing here as a form of meditation as well as assimilation of the values described by Peter Drucker. This may be enough for now and perhaps forever. Within 9 months I will decide whether or not to make the effort to create value for others via this discussion group.