I Worked on My Weaknesses and It Was a Waste of Time

I spent a year trying to get better at things I was bad at. Systems, processes, consistency.

I improved slightly. Not enough to matter. And in that year, the things I was naturally good at got a little rusty because I wasn't using them.

I think there's a version of "work on your weaknesses" that's actually bad advice. The version where you spend all your energy on the things you'll never be great at, and neglect the things that come easily.

I'm not saying ignore your flaws. Some of them are real problems. But I'm starting to think the answer isn't to fix everything. It's to do enough on the weak parts so they don't hold you back, and then go all in on the things that

actually make you different.

Do you work on your weaknesses or double down on your strengths?