This one is critical at the current stage of my life. I spent a huge amount of time studying myself. I love studying my behavior, my results and the progress I've made towards reaching my goal.
That's why I learned that all of your shortcomings and flaws are not there by accident. You can obviously take a huge chunk of your life trying to fix them but don't you think it's just not a smart move?
I mean, if you're naturally good at storytelling but at the same time you suck at math, don't you think it will be a waste of time and energy becoming good at creating complex matrices?
That what happened to me actually. At 4th grade I had D and F at math. My mom decided that's not okay and forced me to learn this stuff.
I was resisting for quite a while and indeed it was a pain in the ass but eventually I handled that and figured that by utilizing formulas I can be good at any subject that has formulas in it. I was pretty solid at algebra, physics, chemistry and whatever else was there.
Following the formula is an easy part but when the task was related to logical thinking I couldn't solve it. Even now I have the same issue which irritates me but I decide I just have to let it go and focus on what I do the best.
In my case it is writing, investing and taking amazing pictures. That's what I'm planning to stop on.
Besides I'm not telling you don't have to try new things. On the contrary, this is the only way to learn about strengths and your weaknesses.
Try as much as you can, experiment and once you find what you're actually good at, go all in on that.
I thought that sometimes what we're good at is not necessarily what we like but after you do that for some period of time, you become really involved in this and eventually your likelihood of loving this activity/work will tenfold.
But that's just my personal experience and belief. You may have different which is super awesome. Just make sure it help you in achieving whatever it is you set your mind to.
Stay hungry, patient and cool,
@dmitriybtc.