Focusing on our weaknesses or liabilities is like tightening a ratchet. It is effective to a point. At some point we get so tight, we break or we can’t go any tighter.

Focusing on our strengths is like using a machete to create a new trail. It is endlessly fulfilling and possible. We can continue to go down the path we are on and start creating a new path on a whim. We have momentum and power here.

We have to use both to grow. Sometimes its about a little ratchet tighter and hopefully more often it’s about the endless possibility of cutting out a new path.