What kind of person are you? 

The question itself is kind of ridiculous because it assumes the type of person you are is fixed.  We always describe ourselves in fixed ways.  I’m not very good at math or I have terrible handwriting or I’m unorganized.  These characteristics feel like they’re written in stone.  They feel fixed like there is no way to change them.

Really our characteristics are more carved in a glacier than they are carved in stone.  The ice is constantly changing but the change feels so slow that we often don’t recognize it.  If we change the way we view the question then we can change the type of person we view ourselves to be.   Continue reading “How to Turn Your Weaknesses into Strengths and Become the Person You Want to Be”