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Mistaken Strengths As Weaknesses

Mistaken Strengths As Weaknesses

Humans often assign labels to people based on their school of thought. Are you guilty of making what can be really a strength as a weakness? For instance, someone that is very careful in their spending may be considered as cheap.

Weaknesses Strengths Mistaken

Often times sensitivity in men can be considered a weakness when it can be a strength. A sensitive man can often better relate to people on an emotional level, and that is a strength. Often, other men consider this to be a weakness due to the macho nature of most men. Thus strength is not just perceived as weakness, but perpetuated amongst ourselves to be a point of weakness. This of course can lead to ridicule and behavioral change for the worse.

Mistaken Strengths As Weaknesses Health & Special Psychology

Konquererz is correct and will add this little bit of info I learned from a passing magazine clip from a psychologist. That is to say that men generally do not cry because they are taught not to cry "men do not cry". That is only reason, otherwise men would cry and there is nothing wrong with shedding a tear, but if you do so it is considered weakness.

Weaknesses Strengths Mistaken

Sensitivity in a guy is very often sought as a weakness just like being kind to some one, people like to walk all over you until you make a stand and then they call you an @$$"@|#. It just makes me made when people take advantage of one another.

Weaknesses Strengths Mistaken

I know for me that some of my strengths double as my weaknesses. For instance, I have been told I have a strength of being compassionate; however, because of that, I tend to worry myself ill quite often. So while being compassionate is a strength, making myself physically sick over worry about somebody is definately a weakness.

Mistaken Strengths As Weaknesses

I think one of my strengths is that I am very outspoken, depending in what society you live, that can be consider a strength or a weakness. Nevertheless, I did notice how in some occasions in the past I made it a weakness and even felt a bit odd about it because how others would perceive my opinion. Not anymore, as long as I do not want to purposely hurt someone, there is nothing to feel ashamed of.

Mistaken Strengths Weaknesses

This happens all the time in the work world. I have to do a lot of performance appraisals and it is interesting how often strengths can be weaknesses. I require all the engineers that work for me to get performance feedback from at least 6 different people of different levels in the organization. I see the following SOOO many times:

Good Listener = Needs to Contribute more in Meetings
Outgoing and Lots of Enthusiasm = Needs to Focus on their Objectives more and other Issues Less
Independent Worker = Needs to Seek more Approval before taking Action
Good Attitude and Works well with others = Spends too much time Socializing and Needs to become more Focused on Assignments
Very Dedicated and Flexible with Work Hours = Needs to Improve Home/Work Life Balance

I absolutely detest doing performance apprasials, but they are a necessary evil. It really is up to the supevisor to know their employees to understand if it is more of a positive or negative. It never is clearly one way or another!

https://www.netfunny.com/rhf/jokes/93q4/evaluations.html

Here is a little performance review humor that shows positives and negatives...


Edited: Vincenzo on 26th Oct, 2006 - 10:03am

Mistaken Strengths Weaknesses Psychology Special & Health

Some time ago, I began thinking I was too confrontational. I decided I needed desperately to tone down and start picking my battles. I forced myself to become more tolerant. For me it took loads of effort. Soon enough, people began to think I was weak because I wasnt defending myself or confronting issues. They had no idea how much more strength it took for me to be patient than to fly off the handle.
My tolerance was portrayed as a form of weakness.
(good topic by the way)