I know what my strengths are, and I have worked really hard on my weaknesses as well.
When you’re writing a pilot, unless you already have an actor attached to the project, you’re writing it with all the voices sort of in your head. Once you actually cast it, the actors become the voices of the characters, and you start to write for them and their strengths.
I’d like to think my strengths are in connecting with people and the relationship aspect of this business.
I think when you are playing at the international level, there is so much television exposure that people are looking at your weaknesses and strengths, and you need to fox them at times. You have got to do something different.
When you get to be a 45-year-old man, you start to realize: ‘I know who I am, and I know who I’m not. I know my shortcomings, I know my strengths; maybe some of my shortcomings are my strengths.’ You start to face yourself as you truly are.
I responded and anticipated faster than other players. I was not the fastest, but my passing, speed of thought and the ability to anticipate were my strengths.
Recognizing your talents doesn’t mean believing they’re limitless. Accepting your strengths doesn’t lead to pride, but instead to humility; you’re less likely to resent what others have if you understand your own bounty.
Every running back has their own strengths and weaknesses. There are some that are better as pass receivers. There are some that are better inside, tight zones and mid zones and outside zones.
Men and women have strengths that complement each other.
I’ve realised what my strengths are and what my strengths are not, and played accordingly.
You know, my endeavour is to blend into the larger picture. That was one of the strengths of my acting in ‘Monsoon Wedding.’
Each woman brings her own separate, unique strengths to the family and the Church. Being a daughter of God means that if you seek it, you can find your true identity.
I have always thought if you are going to make a film, it’s much better to have an original script that will play to film’s strengths.
The diversity of America is a strength of the country, and I don’t think that we use that. We don’t talk about our strengths. I mean, having so many diverse people in this country from all aspects of all over the world, and we don’t use that. I think we should talk about who we are – that melting pot that we’ve become.
Irrespective of who’s up against me at tournaments, I have always relied completely on my own strengths to get as far as I can, and tried to adapt my game according to the match-situation.
I carry a small sheet of paper in my wallet that has written on it the names of people whose opinions of me matter. To be on that list, you have to love me for my strengths and struggles.
The England team is made up of good people, first and foremost, and we are a very multicultural side, too. I believe we represent our country well and our diversity is one of our strengths.
One of America’s strengths has always been its openness to the new: both new ideas and new people.
Your strengths have to stand out. Your strengths have to be perfected.
I actually think one of my strengths is my storytelling.
I don’t think my determination has ever put me into trouble because of this, in fact, I think it is one of my main strengths and makes me the player that I am – without it I wouldn’t be the same.
The bulk of my learning – if I may call it such – has come within the past three months, after I became a part of the fragile body of patients who make up an AIDS hospice. Here, surrounded by teams of supportive nurses, attentive doctors, and interns, one gently comes upon his own strengths and shortcomings.
The key to competing and surviving against Wal-Mart is to focus your business into a niche or pocket where you can leverage your strengths in the local marketplace.
When you have your roster set up different ways, you really just have to examine the roster, find out what their strengths and weakness are and hopefully you take your roster and the vision you want to implement of how you want to play and you can tweak your roster to create that.
Pride is a time to celebrate what makes us unique and the more we let young people know that those things that make us different are actually our greatest strengths, the more comfortable we are in our own skin and the more peacefully we’ll sleep at night.
Fortunately, our digital age has created some wonderful tools for finding employers and showing your strengths. But when it comes to discovering or keeping a job, nothing beats good old-fashioned face time and up-to-date skills.
Every person is flawed. Do you think perfection exists? You, me, everyone – we have strengths and shortcomings; that’s what makes us human.
I think every country has to recognize its competitive advantage and liberate its strengths to be a partner in global trade, and that’s the only way you can survive and succeed.
I think one of my strengths is that I can always take advice, and I can delegate. I know a lot of people feel the need to do everything themselves, but I am not one of them.
I think my strengths are definitely – I’m a really good glider. I’m one of the fastest, like on a straight drag race, I can pretty much kill that.
One of the great strengths of the United States is… we have a very large Christian population – we do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values.
After so many books and so many years of writing, I have a good idea of my strengths and weaknesses. I love the process of writing and, if I allowed myself, I would write far too much every day. One weakness which I’ve struggled to overcome is my tendency to having my characters ruminate for pages.
People have compared me to Lupe Fiasco, Kanye West, Eminem, and J. Cole. They bring substance and largely are all good storytellers, and those are two of my biggest strengths. It’s dope to be compared to people who have longevity in the game because that’s the most important thing for me: I want my name to live forever.
Pretension is a poor joke that you play on yourself. Snap out of it. Recognise your strengths, work on your weaknesses. Real achievement is liking what you see in the mirror every morning.
It is always good when you have an experienced coach who knows your strengths and weaknesses.
In many ways, each of us is the sum total of what our ancestors were. The virtues they had may be our virtues, their strengths our strengths, and, in a way, their challenges could be our challenges.
Getting married and really digging in with another human being can point out your greatest strengths and your greatest weaknesses.
When teams are crowded in the paint, it’s very hard to get in there and penetrate, but you got to find ways to get into transition and get into your strengths. It’s a lot of thinking out there, you got to make sure you think and strategize.
I’m no expert. I have no psychic powers, and I sure don’t possess any secret wisdom. I’m just Janet. I have strengths, weaknesses, fears, happiness, sadness. I experience joy and I experience pain. I’m highly emotional. I’m very vulnerable.
As a skipper, when you try to manipulate the field, you need to see the strengths of the fast bowlers.
When you know your cast well and their strengths and weaknesses, you can start writing for them, just the way Shakespeare wrote for his actors.
I knew if I bowl to my strengths, I will make an impact.
In comedy, my strengths are improvisation.
In an age of globalisation, investment and good jobs increasingly flow to cities and regions with distinctive strengths and specialisms. These cannot be built up from Whitehall. They require local expertise, knowledge and dedication.
Every guy has different strengths in the NFL. Receivers are different, running backs are different, but they all have that one thing that they do that’s special: that thing that keeps them on the roster every year.
Inside, Penlee House is without pretension. It is a space that knows its limitations and its strengths – and makes the most of them.
Nations need to understand their own strengths and weaknesses, and India’s tradition of dissent and democratic debate is a positive aspect.
When you cast somebody, you write to their strengths.
The leaders of ISIS are canny strategists with a solid understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of the West.
This particular film highlights Ben and Owen’s strengths which is that they are great comedic actors with tremendous chemistry and they do a really good job.
I think the frustration you can get into as a young artist is when you realize your limitations, but you want to accomplish that rather than seeing that you don’t have to do everything. Just focus on your strengths.
Instead of expecting truck drivers and warehouse workers to rapidly retrain so they can compete with tireless, increasingly capable machines, let’s play to their human strengths and create opportunities for workers as companions and caregivers for our elders, our children, and our special-needs population.
All of us need to begin to think in terms of our own inner strengths, our resilience and resourcefulness, our capacity to adapt and to rely upon ourselves and our families.
