{"id":7257,"date":"2012-03-14T12:17:29","date_gmt":"2012-03-14T19:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/estherjacobs.info\/?p=7257"},"modified":"2022-08-27T17:29:48","modified_gmt":"2022-08-27T15:29:48","slug":"make-your-weakness-your-greatest-strength","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estherjacobs.info\/en\/blog\/make-your-weakness-your-greatest-strength\/","title":{"rendered":"Make your weakness your greatest strength"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Make your weakness your greatest strength<\/h1>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-one-half fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;width:48%; margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p>After Steve Jobs died, I, like half of the rest of the world, devoured <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Steve-Jobs-Walter-Isaacson\/dp\/1451648537\">his book<\/a>. It was fascinating to read how such a jerk of a guy could come up with such brilliant ideas! It was even more interesting to read how a large proportion of the people he treated so rudely thanked him afterward because he stimulated them \u2018to go further than they would themselves have thought possible\u2019. The question is: can you be a pioneer and still be liked? Or in other words: if Steve had been more compliant socially, would he have been equally successful? Or was his social \u2018weakness\u2019 secretly his greatest strength?<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-one-half fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:48%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element in-legacy-container\" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cartoon door Gudjohnsson\" title=\"Cartoon door Gudjohnsson\" src=\"https:\/\/estherjacobs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/steve.png\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-34530\"\/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-3 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><p>My experience has taught me that a negative characteristic can suddenly be a major benefit in another context. For example, when I started working as a young freelancer at large consultancies, I was often told that people found me \u2018pushy&#8217;. Too enthusiastic, too present, too overly focused on results. Years later I used the same characteristic to set up a big <a href=\"https:\/\/estherjacobs.info\/en\/coins-for-care\/\">charity collection<\/a>; that earned me the nickname &#8216;go-getter\u2019! For me, it was a real eye-opener that getting criticized for something doesn\u2019t mean you have to change.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-4 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-one-half fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;width:50%;width:calc(50% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.5 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element in-legacy-container\" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-2 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"863\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"Make your weakness your greatest strength\" title=\"Make your weakness your greatest strength\" src=\"https:\/\/estherjacobs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/coins.jpeg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-52715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/estherjacobs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/coins-200x237.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/estherjacobs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/coins-400x475.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/estherjacobs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/coins-600x712.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/estherjacobs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/coins-800x949.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/estherjacobs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/coins.jpeg 863w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-5 fusion_builder_column_1_2 1_2 fusion-one-half fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;width:50%;width:calc(50% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.5 ) );\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\"><p>It often just means that another context will do you more justice.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s another example: at the start of that same <a href=\"https:\/\/estherjacobs.info\/en\/coins-for-care\/\">Coins for Care<\/a> charity collection campaign, when I was trying to convince large retail chains to place collection boxes in their shops for the redundant coins at the time of the Euro introduction, nobody took me seriously. The sponsors thought I was too young, inexperienced, and naive. Months later I was invited to a TV show to talk about the Coins for Care story. There, my &#8216;young&#8217; image was to my benefit: the TV people said I presented a really low threshold \u2013 like the \u2018girl next door\u2019 so that the public had no problem putting themselves in my shoes. There were more TV appearances after which all the major shop chains and other sponsors were suddenly desperate to join in\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-6 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\"><p>Take a look at the following list of the two extremes of the same characteristic and see whether you recognize yourself in any of them.<br \/>\nCould those areas for which you are sometimes criticized be really positive in other situations?<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-image-element in-legacy-container\" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-3 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" alt=\"Make your weakness your greatest strength\" title=\"Make your weakness your greatest strength\" src=\"https:\/\/estherjacobs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/business-post-tbl-1-1.png\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-52705\" srcset=\"https:\/\/estherjacobs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/business-post-tbl-1-1-200x150.png 200w, https:\/\/estherjacobs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/business-post-tbl-1-1-400x300.png 400w, https:\/\/estherjacobs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/business-post-tbl-1-1-600x450.png 600w, https:\/\/estherjacobs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/business-post-tbl-1-1-800x600.png 800w, https:\/\/estherjacobs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/business-post-tbl-1-1.png 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:20px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-sep-clear\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-7 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-6\"><p>Did you know that Oprah Winfrey was fired from her first job at Nashville TV? She would continually burst into tears because she got so involved in the suffering of those she was interviewing for her reports. Apparently, she was also too emotional to be a newsreader and was called in to see her supervisors all the time. In the end, she turned out to be perfect for a local talk show. Her emotional approach to her subjects drew the attention of famous TV channel ABC and so Oprah became the most famous talk show host in the world because she is so empathetic with respect to her guests!<\/p>\n<p>Very few people know that Beethoven became deaf at a very young age \u2013 not great for writing music you\u2019d think. Yet despite his deafness, or perhaps because of it, he managed to write the most incredible symphonies. During the performance of his ninth symphony, someone had to turn him round to show him the public\u2019s delirious reaction.<\/p>\n<p>Bulgarian Valentina Hasan sings a song in English for Music Idols even though she\u2019s not a great singer and can\u2019t speak English. That takes courage. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FQt-h753jHI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Valentina\u2019s rendition of the chorus of Mariah Carey\u2019s Can\u2019t live<\/a> sounds like Ken Lee. Yet Valentina keeps going because the sounds she has learned by heart phonetically are real English \u2013 certainly to her. Despite this \u2018handicap\u2019, or perhaps because of it, the Bulgarian singer is now famous. On the internet, it\u2019s even the rage to try and sing like \u2018Valentina Hasan or Ken Lee!\u2019 There are some hilarious clips on YouTube.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-8 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-padding-bottom:0px;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-7\"><p>The most important message in all of this is: have the guts to be yourself. If others have problems with one of your characteristics, you can try and change or suppress it. You could also change your (working)environment and find a context in which that characteristic benefits you. After all, be honest, if Steve Jobs hadn\u2019t been such an irritating know-it-all, would we be having this much fun with our computers, phones, tablets, music, and films?<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.&#8217;<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Want to learn how to turn your biggest weakness into your greatest strength?<\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-9 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-two-third fusion-column-first\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-padding-bottom:0px;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;width:66.666666666667%;width:calc(66.666666666667% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.66666666666667 ) );margin-right: 4%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-8\"><p>Check out my online workshop &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/estherjacobs.info\/en\/turn-anything-into-a-business\/\">How to turn anything into a business<\/a>.&#8217; Often our greatest added value lies in a characteristic that we don\u2019t recognize, which we can then use to help others and maybe even start a business. How nice would it be if you could make a living with your passion?<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-10 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-padding-top:0px;--awb-padding-bottom:0px;--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element in-legacy-container\" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-4 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"662\" height=\"496\" alt=\"How it all began\" title=\"How it all began\" src=\"https:\/\/estherjacobs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/blog12.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-52657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/estherjacobs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/blog12-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/estherjacobs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/blog12-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/estherjacobs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/blog12-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/estherjacobs.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/blog12.jpg 662w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7260,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[122,102,103,155,235],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-entrepreneurship","category-about-esther","category-no-excuses","category-ondernemerschap-en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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