Back in the 1930s, Carl Jung, the eminent thinker and psychologist, put it this way: Criticism has 'the power to do good when there is something that…

- Donald O. Clifton

Your weaknesses will never develop, while your strengths will develop infinitely.

- Donald O. Clifton

From this point of view, to avoid your strengths and to focus on your weaknesses isn't a sign of diligent humility. It is almost irresponsible. By co…

- Donald O. Clifton

Relationships help us to define who we are and what we can become. Most of us can trace our successes to pivotal relationships.

- Donald O. Clifton

At an early age, you started hearing it: It's a virtue to be "well-rounded." ... They might as well have said : Become as dull as you possibly can be.

- Donald O. Clifton

There is one sure way to identify your greatest potential for strength: Step back and watch yourself for a while. Try an activity and see how quickly…

- Donald O. Clifton

If your senses are numbed with delusion and denial, you will stop looking for these true strengths and wind up living a second-rate version of someon…

- Donald O. Clifton

Our definition of a weakness is anything that gets in the way of excellent performance.

- Donald O. Clifton

Each of these strategies-get a little better at it, design a support system, use one of your strongest themes to overwhelm your weakness, find a part…

- Donald O. Clifton