Blog assignment 10

Here is the link to read David Rendall's, "FREAK FACTOR: Discovering Uniqueness by Weakness".

4. Forget It: Don't Try to Fix your Weakness
First off I like the quote that begins this suggestion. "You can't put feathers on a dog and call it a chicken." - Dr. Phil McGraw. What this quote says to me is that no matter how much you may pretend to be something, you cannot change who you really are. I agree with his first point in the fact that it truly is going to be a slow process when we try to fix our areas of weakness. Also along with his second point it can be annoying working on our weaknesses. I feel sometimes bored and annoyed when I am working on my weaknesses that I could be giving my strengths my all. I do not agree however that working on our weaknesses does not improve them. I think that  given enough hard work and effort we can improve ourselves.


1. What's Your Problem?
Again I really like the quote at the beginning of this section. "It's never too late to be who you might have been." - George Eliot. What this quote says to me is that its never too late to change what you want to do in life. There is always time to find happiness and find what your passion is. I like his three basic steps for self-improvement, especially the third one. I have to agree with him on this because if you work on your weaknesses you become stronger and if you build on the strengths that you already have you do not lose anything. At the end of the section he states that the obvious goal of this section is to help and create more rounded people who are good at multiple things.

6. Focus: You Can't Do Both
The quote in this section wasn't as good as the other two but was still not bad. For his first point about humans only having limited resources, I agree to an extent. We can always look to others and increase or enhance our resources. As for his second point I agree with completely. I am a good multitasker but I find I lose focus every now and then when I am working on two things at once. His third point I also completely agree with. Being a well rounded person is good, but sometimes it can stop us from becoming truly great at something. His forth point I actually do not agree with at all. Just because you work to strengthen a weakness does not mean you are losing a strength.

My own personal weakness is coming up with a creative idea. I am a hard worker and am well rounded but coming up with new and inspirational ideas is hard for me. My strength is the opposite of my weakness. Once I have a good idea I will work tirelessly to make it the best it can be.