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# LET'S GET RID OF MYTHS
## As you grow, you become more who you already are | NOT your personality changes
## You will grow in the areas of your greatest strength | Not that you will grow the most in your areas of weakness
## A good team member volunteers his strengths to the team most of the time | Not that a good team member does whatever it takes to help the team
# GET CLEAR (Know your strengths)
## Ingredients of strengths
### Talents
### Skills
### Knowledge
## Signs of strengths
### S for success
### I for Instinct
### G for Growth
### N for Needs
## Who is the best judge for your strengths? (the activity you are good at)
### You
## Capture, Clarify and Confirm
### List your won strength (Statement card) Find what weakens it and eliminate it
### Review to clarify them
### Confirm (through a score card system)
# FREE YOUR STRENGTHS (Getting the most)
## Strong Week Plan (basically a plan at micro level)
## Your FREE Interview
### F for Focus
### R for Release (Find the missed opportunities in the current role)
### E for Educate (Enrich your knowledge and learning in your strength)
### E for Expand (Build your job around your strength)
# STOP YOUR WEAKNESSES
## Capture, Clarify and Confirm in SIGN (lack of success; lack of Instinct; lack of growth and lack of needs)
### Do a statement card on the above and find the weakness
### Apply that in strong week plan
## How to apply ? STOP principle
### "S"top that activity and see if anyone notices
### "T"eam up with some one who is good and you are weak
### "O"ffer your strength and gradually steer your job towards this strength
### "P"erceive your weakness from different perspective
# SPEAK UP (How to create a strong team?)
## Conversation 1: The strength's chat (Share your strength with any/peers)
## Conversation 2: How can I help you? (that mode)
## Conversation 3: The weakness chat: (Don't give your weakness as a positive spin) 
## Conversation 4: How can you help me?
# BUILD STRONG HABITS (How can you make this last for forever)
##  The strongest habits
### Every day look at your strength statements
### Complete the strong week plan
### Every quarter, close the books on your strengths
### 6 months review on your strengths
### Every year set a survey
# WHAT HAPPENS IF..
## ..I don't know if I should take this job (look at fundamental pirpose; whom you are working and what activities)
## ..I don't think I should have taken this job (wrong)
## ..I am new to this job (wrong; find your strengths that fits the job)
## ..I am overworked (look @ efficiency)
## ..My manager doesn't understand me (put yourself in his shoes)
## ..My manager is an idiot (because strengths could be unique)
## ..I am burnt out (Review your strong week plan)
## ..My job is not just that important.. ()
## ..Deep down, I don't think , I am as good as every one says I am.
# TAKE YOUR STAND
## I have distinct strength
## Your winning > Team > Group > division > will cause the company to win
## Let tomorrow be stronger than today
## Trust your strengths, be proud of them, and take your stand
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