Anyone with a normal brain has the capacity to do almost anything, but when one has special gifts or talents (and everyone has) and takes advantage of and develops these talents - that person is likely to excel.
I believe that every person has uniqueness - something that nobody else has.
When I was at school, I was terrible at algebra and arithmetic, but I was always the best at English and literature. And acting, of course.
If we have a strength, it is in recognizing when we are operating well within our circle of competence and when we are approaching the perimeter.
Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.
At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects and qualities, know how far he can go, foretell his failures - be what he is. And, above all, accept these things.
I think I'd probably shine really well in a team sport, but as everybody knows, I don't handle politics very well. A lot of team sports has a lot of politics. Individual sports, it's all about me.
Where I know my strengths lie, for me, is establishing systems and protocols, finding solutions, and trying to push for results. The Senate is a great institution, but for me, it's not the role that best suits those needs.
The constant duty of every man to his fellows is to ascertain his own powers and special gifts, and to strengthen them for the help of others.
It's so easy to think that your strengths don't matter.
You just have to do; you can't live by the rules of what you're supposed to do. I think every person is good at something, and you just have to push that forward.
I know the kind of street I'm going down. I know my own strengths and weaknesses.
Individually we all have to play to our strengths.
As for my speed, I'm not the fastest, but just like in other sports, you learn to stay away from your weaknesses and make more use of your strengths: my shooting ability, court awareness, rebounding, and helping out defensively.
Too many companies believe people are interchangeable. Truly gifted people never are. They have unique talents. Such people cannot be forced into roles they are not suited for, nor should they be. Effective leaders allow great people to do the work they were born to do.
Why shouldn't I be confident? I'm well educated, I can deliver a line, and I have more than three expressions. That's good right?
I'm never going to be seen as an attacking midfielder who's going to dribble past anyone, create untold chances, and score lots of goals, but going forward is something I've always enjoyed doing.
I have a fairly realistic idea about what my gifts and limitations are.
I have learned very quickly where my strengths are, and color coordination of particular things is not a strong suit.
Everybody does things well in their own aspect. We're all different. We all have our plusses and minuses.
... where a man's wound is, that is where his genius will be.
I know what I can do and what I can't.
Coming out of college, I wasn't considered the fastest, the biggest or the smartest. There was no way around that.
Each person assesses each other person's credibility on different dimensions, because people are strong and weak in different things.
Outdoor tennis plays into my strengths a little better.
