(10) I'm strong. I'm weak.

2. What’s my problem?

No one likes to talk about his or her weaknesses. That is not something I ask friends or family on a regular basis. “Hey, so if you were to make a list at everything I suck at, what would that list look like?” But David Rendall says otherwise. David thinks that by correctly identifying and listing our weaknesses, we learn more about our strengths. I love when he talks about this in his own life. He lists his weaknesses and then shows how his life is utilizing the exact opposite traits. He doesn’t like authority, so he runs his own business. He likes talking, so he talks for a living. I think this is a great point he makes, and while it may seem like an obvious one, putting it in words that are easy to understand and showing real life examples are a great benefit.


4. Forget it: don’t try to fix your weakness

I have flaws. But I also have strengths. So do I try to fix my weaknesses or do I work on my strengths? David would argue that concentrating on my weaknesses is pointless and will only be painful and slow. To summarize his point, he gives this advice: We all have limitations. I think this is another great point of his and something that we all should think about. Well, let me specify what I do and do not agree with. I cannot be a writer. I could not make up riveting plots, personable characters, or cold sweat educing action drama. But in my opinion that doesn’t mean it is not something I could work on. In fact, I think some good could come from working on weaknesses. Now that doesn’t mean I think I could be a writer, but writing in my spare time could assist in improving other areas of my life that are more important.


8 Freak: the power of uniqueness

David states that being unique is a great quality to have. And it definitely is. The people that succeed in this world don’t do what is expected of anyone. Banksy is a now famous street artist. I have talked about him many times before but that is because he is a great illustration of this class in real life. His art is different. He is different. People don’t want normal. They want a mysterious graffiti artist with a passion for rats and strong political opinion. They want what hasn’t been shown to them before. They want people that use their flaws to strengthen what they have going for them. I agree fully with David on this point, it is better to be exceptional than it is to be normal.


My strengths and weaknesses

Well, I hate bragging, and I have pointing out what I’m not good at, so this section kind of sucks. Haha.

Nonetheless, let me start with my strengths. I love art and I love technology. I love taking a story, a script, and using both of those to better tell the words. I think I am good at taking words and visualizing what I want them to look like on a screen. But I think my favorite part and where I excel the most is postproduction. I have always been kind of a closet nerd, so I love computers. I could, and do, spend hours upon hours editing one video just to get it exactly how I want it.

I am not a good writer. Trying to write a script for the joke was challenging for me. I could not get enough outside of the box to come up with something truly creative. But I will not let that stop me from trying (so take that, David Rendall)

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