Strenghts Vs Weaknesses |
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Jun 12 2012, 09:56 AM |
All our lives we have been educated and sometimes forced to overcome our weak points and get better at some things. There's an American dude, who's living here in Romania, old friend of mine and he aims to start a project based on career re-orientation for young people working in environments not allowing them to express their full potential, based on their real strengths and talents.
In a nutshell, his concept is based on the fact that in our society, folks are always forced to work on their weak points and in this way, they totally neglect their strong ones, ending up doing things which maybe they were not meant for, thus never achieving their full potential as human beings and of course, not being happy. He is very fond of artists and he likes to talk to a lot of us in some of the bands here, as he thinks we are a good inspiration source for the people he aims to help. Now, I took a test based on answering 180 questions, each of them having 20 seconds to be answered - this lead to discovering my top 5 strengths: Cosmin's Top 5 Strengths That doesn't mean that others not present, but these 5 are supposed to define you in a greater amount than any other of a total of 34. I don't know how much I can believe these but, what I can tell you is that I was very honest with my answers in the test - for more insight, visit www.strengthsfinder.com If i am correct, I remember a little movie with Steve Vai (posted here on GMC) underlining that we should work on developing our strong points not our weak ones as players and I think that now I understand what he meant and I can agree. What do you guys think about strengths vs weaknesses? Cosmin This post has been edited by Cosmin Lupu: Jun 12 2012, 10:13 AM |
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Jun 16 2012, 07:51 AM |
I saw Vai say that same thing, and I originally disagreed with it completely. For example....I've improved SO MUCH in the last 6 months, by working on my weaknesses!!
But, I think the REAL core of this statement, assumes that you are completely trained. For example, in a recent Guitar Player article, Joe Satriani says that he "doesn't practice anymore". He goes on to explain that when he was young, he would spend 8 hours playing every mode and scale in every position until he could play them PERFECTLY. He says that, since then, he no longer needs to really "practice". So really, with Vai/Satriani players, there probably IS a point at which you can benefit from leaning into your strengths and avoiding weaknesses. For the rest of us mortals, you had BETTER work on your weaknesses if you ever want to become a better player!! -------------------- Check out my awesome Nintendo Cover-band, EMULATOR!! http://www.reverbnation.com/emulator Now.....go practice!! |
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