Be a freak
July 24, 2008 By: almostgotit Category: Career Transitioning, Freak factor, Uncategorized, affirmations, employment, humor, inspiration, job search, success, weaknesses
- There is nothing wrong with you. Weaknesses are important clues to your strengths.
- You find success when you find the right fit. You need to match your unique characteristics to situations that reward those qualities.
- Your weaknesses make you different. They make you a freak and it’s good to be a freak.
So says David Rendall in his online manifesto, The Freak Factor: Discovering Uniqueness by Flaunting Weakness.
How do I love this man? Let me count the ways.
July 24th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
Betsy,
Thank you for your kind words. It is good to know that I am loved in so many ways.
David Rendall
http://www.daverendall.typepad.com
July 24th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
Elizabeth,
My apologies. I mistakenly addressed you as “Betsy” in my original comment. I saw your name on the About page but then saw Betsy on the side and thought it was what you preferred to be called. After reviewing some of your posts, I discovered it was the name of your neighbor. Sorry.
One of my weaknesses is that I’m impatient
I didn’t take enough time to review the site before commenting. But I’m a freak. I’ve got no plans to change that any time soon.
David Rendall
July 24th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
It’s always a fun sort of jolt when I write about someone, and lo, they show up a few hours later in the flesh. I didn’t even know he had a blog, or I’d have sent him a proper ping! (Check it out, yo.)
I now feel obligated to blush appropriately, cough a little, and casually point to the ring on my left hand. But you’re next in line, David, REALLY.
July 24th, 2008 at 10:46 pm
Would it be rude to at this point get back to the post? I hate to break up all this billing and cooing……
But, anyway, the statement “weaknesses are important clues to your strengths” struck a chord with me. One of the things that’s true in writing, especially creative writing when you are starting out, that very often the thing about your work that people complain about the most is a key to the thing that is special about you.
So sometimes the solution to a “problem” in your writing is to do more of it, not less. Probably applies to areas other than writing…..
July 25th, 2008 at 6:10 pm
WG – Yes, this theme resonates with me, too. A lot. In fact, I was sort of disappointed to see that my Own True L — well, that DAVID has already got The Blog on this topic. Fair enough, I suppose, since he also wrote the book(s)!
I like that you’ve brought up the topic of writing, too. And what an interesting additional possibility you suggest, that not just our “weakness” but the thing about us that makes people complain may be the key. Those are marvelously scandalous words, my dear!
July 28th, 2008 at 7:50 am
Ya got me square between the eyes on this one. I had just been worrying about Peace making a complete goober of hisself on his NYC trip with his brand new high school group of VERY cool Farragut teens
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