Health

How do you define Weakness?

Brené Brown describes vulnerability as a measure of strength, not weakness. Expressing feelings of self-doubt and uncertainty, discussing uncertain situations, and sharing encounters with failure and hardship are all ways that we can practice vulnerability. Many Westerners have been raised to think of vulnerability as a weakness or a flaw. In fact, vulnerability is a tool that can build better relationships and stronger communities.

Emotional strength requires a kind of paradoxical softness: the willingness to share emotions and remain open to different points of view. When leaders practice vulnerability, they create emotional connections and build trust. Teams work better when they have established a shared comfort level, emotionally and psychologically. When colleagues feel they can openly share their experiences with one another, the entire team will benefit from hearing different points of view.

Expressing vulnerability isn’t always easy. The process requires rigorous honesty, as well as compassion and acceptance for other people’s perspectives. Vulnerability often requires pushing past your comfort zone to convey an experience or uphold a value. However difficult these displays of emotion may seem, the return on investment will be high

Also According to Haight and Joseph,

Life is a competition not with others, but with ourselves. We should seek each day to live stronger, better, truer lives; each day to master some weakness of yesterday; each day to repair a mistake; each day to surpass ourselves.
-David B. Haight

We should learn to be patient with ourselves. Recognizing our strengths and our weaknesses, we should strive to use good judgment in all of our choices and decisions, make good use of every opportunity, and do our best in every task we undertake. We should not be unduly discouraged nor in despair at any time when we are doing the best we can. Rather, we should be satisfied with our progress even though it may come slowly at times.
-Joseph B. Wirthlin