Why You Should Value Your Weaknesses in the Workplace

By Hallie Crawford

Many articles focus on how to use our strengths in the workplace. This is very important, because we were all born with natural talents and abilities, and learning how to use them in the workplace helps us be more productive, successful and fulfilled in our career.

However, it's also important to think about our weaknesses. We usually don't think about them, because weaknesses can be viewed as negative personality traits. And it's true that we should spend most of our time leveraging our strengths rather than improving our weaknesses. However, these negative traits are part of who we are, just as our strengths are. Not owning them or accepting them is like not accepting a part of who we are – warts and all.