When you accept yourself, the whole world accepts you.

– Lao Tzu

Learn your strengths and weaknesses.

This is the starting point to begin aiming your attention toward the end destination of your goals.  Know what you love, what frustrates you and more importantly, how to use your gifts to connect with others and get things done.

For a long time, I was frustrated with myself.  I held onto the guilt that just didn’t measure up and wasn’t enough.  I had always wanted to be a Psychologist to help people, but as I dug in deeper to the day-to-day role I found that I didn’t have the patience and grace to go over and over difficulties in other’s lives.  I knew I wanted to help others, but responsibilities, timing and now my newfound inability to measure up to the selfless nature of Mother Theresa and others sacrificing everything for their calling weighed heavily on me.

The breakthrough came when I accepted that my goals and destination were not that same.  I gave up on my childhood dream of becoming a Psychologist and began to walk toward a new destination that still allowed me to fulfill my goal of helping others.

Learning my strengths and weaknesses helped me to achieve my goals in new ways.

#StrengthsTraining #DISC