WorkLife with Adam Grant

When Strength Becomes Weakness

Apr 23, 2019

36:37

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The Importance of Balancing Strengths and Avoiding Overuse

01:34

The Importance of Specific Feedback and the Reflected Best Self Exercise

01:22

The Greatest Strengths of Teachers and Professors

05:45

What Kind of Changes Do You Need to Make to Your Best Self?

03:36

Introduction

3min

How to Get the Most Out of Your Strengths

2min

The Power of Giving People a Chance to Use Their Strength

2min

Is Your Strength a Problem?

2min

You Can Never Have Too Much of a Strength

2min

You're a Logic Bully?

2min

The Greatest Strengths of Teachers and Professors

6min

Women on the Move

3min

Stay at Home Moms Are Half as Often Recruited as Moms Who Have Been Off

2min

10.

Women on the Move - Women on the Move

5min

11.

What Kind of Changes Do You Need to Make to Your Best Self?

4min

12.

The Activity That Drains You Is a Strength

2min

13.

Unleash Your Achillis Heel

4min

Excellence comes from doing what you do best—but you need to make sure you’re doing it at the right times. This episode is made possible with the support of JPMorgan Chase & Co., Accenture, Bonobos, and Hilton.

Find the transcript at: go.ted.com/worklifeweakness

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WorkLife with Adam Grant

When Strength Becomes Weakness

The Importance of Balancing Strengths and Avoiding Overuse

The Importance of Specific Feedback and the Reflected Best Self Exercise

The Greatest Strengths of Teachers and Professors

What Kind of Changes Do You Need to Make to Your Best Self?

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