One of the simplest ways to understand what your strengths and weaknesses are is by writing them out on a piece of paper. Take a sheet of paper and write on one side the pros and the other side the Cons. Cons being your weaknesses and the Pros being your strengths. Providing you with a crystal clear perspective of what is holding you back. You will have a lot of fun with this simple exercise, and it will demonstrate many areas about who you are that you had no idea even existed.
Step Two:
I always like to start with the pros, and it establishes a positive flow for you getting started. You will change this many times as new streams of ideas come to your mind. Try writing out 25 items for each section; this is important because you will then eliminate 15 of the ones that are not the most significant achievements and keep the ten most important things as your pros and 15 for your cons. The reason I say keep 15 for your cons is that this is the section that you want to improve on.
Step Three:
Once you have chosen the ten most important strengths you have within your abilities and the fifteen weaknesses, you are going to change forever. Becomes your cheat sheet of who you are. Remember, you can always go back and revise this list; it is not written in stone as of yet. You will know when you have your master copy of strengths and weaknesses. Once you are satisfied with what you have in front of your eyes, we will move on to the next step.
Step Four:
The hardest steps you will need to be as honest with yourself as possible. Otherwise, this exercise will become a waste of your energy and not have any effect on your development with your mission in life. Now I need you to write 25 goals that are the most significant accomplishments that you want to achieve. Once you have written all 25, eliminate 15 of them and only keep the ones that are truly rated as a ten, not a seven or a nine. "But a ten." This is imperative.
You now have your purpose in life written out; it could be anything that you have a burning desire to do, and you will do anything to achieve it. Whether it is getting a new job, a new relationship, or starting a new company, as long as it is the most important ten items you want to achieve.
With each goal, you will need to write a precious reason on why it is important to you and how you're going to achieve each one. The more details you provide with this goal will help you understand why you need this to be part of your life. I would not add any dates on when you need to achieve this. Only adds additional tension that you do not need
Each morning in front of a mirror, you will want to read them out loud to yourself, believe it is happening 25 times, and repeat this process again before you go to sleep, so your subconscious mind will take over as you sleep. Repetitive is the mother of all skills, simple as that. Do this each and every day, and you will see a drastic change in how you think and react. People will see you totally like a different person; you will walk and talk with confidence that you never knew you had.
All the Best,
Joseph Botelho
