You know when you've interviewed and the interviewer asked 3 strengths and weaknesses you have? I was asked this question so many times during interview, so being the overthinker that I am, I seek to find the perfect answer. For now, this is what comes to my mind:
My weaknesses are also my strengths, in my opinion.
Pride. Gullible. Lazy.
These three things are my ultimate weaknesses, if you see them as separate entities. But for me, aside from being weaknesses, they are also my strengths.
Why?
Because my gullible trait makes me aware when I haven't finished my job, the gullible will eat me alive until I finally finished my responsibility. But then there's always this other weakness, me being a lazy person. But because I also have gullible trait, I can't enjoy laziness because I will always think about the job that hasn't been done, so in a way, the gullible trait is going to keep my laziness on track. Eventually, even though I don't want to do it, I have to. The laziness in me will makes me think the most effective and efficient way to get my job done, without breaking too much sweat and taking too much of my time. Working smarter, not harder, is what they used to say, that applied in my way of thinking because I'm too lazy to spent more time than necessary to get things done. This allows me to make unusual shortcut in a way that sometimes only my brain understand it, the simplest and quickest way.
You must be thinking that the result will not be that good since I'm so lazy in doing it, plus I take so many shortcuts. Some might say that I might do it carelessly. Well, this is where my pride comes in. Because of the high pride I have, I always wanted to be above average at least, in whatever I'm doing in order to boost my ego, especially if it's something that worth taking pride in. My pride will take my competitive side to make sure I'm not doing a half-assed thing.
So with every task that I do, it will be done because I'm feeling guilty for not doing it (yet), will do it the quickest and simplest way possible so I can get back to being lazy, but won't take less than perfect to maintain my pride.
Oh, one more thing. This writing will not be done if I'm not such an overthinker. A weakness that helps me come up with the conclusion you read above.
So for me, it's not about embracing your weakness and try to make it better, but rather how you change your weakness to become a weapon to be your strength that helps you in live. That's what I think.
