Do you know your weaknesses?

Question

only few people have the gift of knowing their own weaknesses and work on improving their personality.

Are u one of them? how do you do it?

I will share with you my views when I see your answers :)

@ krazykasse, I would share this particular one with you. but, what is the secret of "25"?. it seem too long time for someone in front of me for waiting for an answer :)

Answer 1

Absolutely! I did not make it to 52 by "blindly" walking through life.

As a preachers kid (PK), you learn very early on just what people think of you and that made me take a good long look at myself, as a child! If I hadn't, I would have surely thought the worse about myself!

This experience taught me to be very open to my own weaknesses and flaws.

How do I do it? Easy, I do not color that which I dislike about myself. I may not like what I see but, I can sure try to change that behavior! Sometimes I have failed, other times, I have overcome!

Now, there is this theory called, Johari's Window. This theory says that we are like a four paned window. EACH pain represents a part of us. One pane...things we see and so do others. The second pane....Others see things about us that we do not. The third pane....open to all. The fourth pane...closed to all. Given this theory, we may never see or, know ALL there is to know about ourselves.

If you want an accurate viewpoint....just e-mail friends and ask them to describe you with one word! You may be surprised!! By the way....there are ways to manipulate the window theory...the more open we become, the smaller the pane gets which is closed.

Answer 2

weaknesses: Cute animals Fun [A party or something] Money! Lmao! Or just silly things like straighteners and DVDs people can bribe me with! Lmao! Fears: Getting even fatter! Lmao! Waking up obese! lollll Someone i love being hurt while i can do nothing about it Seeing someone i love really hurt Heights! i even get scared at school sometimes! deep oceans I'm scared of losing gravity pull and going too far :S not sure why lol Spiders!! OMFG I'm sooo scared of them!! I guess my deepest fears are the first two and failing to reaching people expectations of me, i hate being under pressure!! Most people I'm close to don't know that, only one person who i couldn't breathe without! My sister! =] That's about it i guess, ill probably add more later Lol! =]

Answer 3

I am quite shy and get embarrassed really easily to. When i meet new people i won't speak to them very much until i have met them at least 2 or 3 times i wish i wasn't like this as i am sure i could have really interesting conversations with them and i wish i knew how to overcome my shyness.

As for my embarassment it can be the smallest thing that can be said and i just go red and having blonde hair and quite fair skin my cheeks just stand out so much and it really makes me upset as i don't want to go places incase i get embarassed the only solution i have come up with to disguise it is to wear makeup not that it works that well. Wish i had a more don't care attitude then it might not happen so much.

Answer 4

My weakness is very bad, honestly, when I get angry from something which really gets me to my nerves i forget everything that moment and i become very destructive!, yes, I feel that the person who made me angry whoever he is must take a punsh or two, it caused me many problems in high school but believe me i get this condition only in noble causes like defending an innocent person or dealing with a very lame and ignorant person.
I admit it is the worse weakness ever because it could make you loose your rights to the person who annoyed you, i dont know how to describe the feeling but it is truely bad!
I tried to solve the problem by becoming closer to god and reading more ahadith about al ghadab and all of this because it is really a very bad thing which could make you blind temporarily.

Answer 5

I am too trusting and easily provoked. Over the years i learned to control my emotions and my reactions especially when i get angry or mad at people's behaviour and lies.

edit: i didn't want to admit this one coz it's a bit embarssing for me but, "i'm a people pleaser", i hate it soooo much coz most of the time, i do things against my wishes just to make the people around me happy. I wish sometimes if someone could do the same to me.

Answer 6

my weakness is i always have high expectations in other words i am a dreamer , i wish people love me as i do , i wish they treat me like i do , i always expect the best yet i get the worst , i never learn from my mistakes always try to help others then get my self in troubles, don't tell me to stop because it is nature in me and i would never stop, also being little sad and gloomy and when something sad happens to me i never forget and get depressed for years , nothing could cheer me up untill god allows it after long time of suffer ,

Answer 7

a complete lack of tact and diplomacy,
i say what i think, on the other hand i dont lie.

i am the most impatient person in the world, if i want something i want it now, and i will keep going at something until its sorted or completed or finished.

using emotional black mail, but i try really hard to stop myself as its a despicable thing to do.

i am a know it all. i love to know the answer to everything.

Answer 8

Asalam alaikum, there is hadith about controlling what is between yur lips and your loins and if u master this, yu will not be of the losers....insha'Allah...Ive got the 2nd part ok, but i still tend to run my mouth. I usually have the good intention but in my eagerness to make daw'a sometimes i chase people away....astigfirAllah......lastly, we must Really try to veil our sins from each other, so that Allah(Swt) will veil us from the on the last day..

Answer 9

I am not always patient, I don't smile sometimes and people think I'm angry when I'm not, I can be insanely jealous (but I have matured much in that area), I am competitive and I am often too straight forward and can offend people without meaning to.

Answer 10

My biggest weakness is definitely lisany iltaweel! My big mouth can get me into real trouble. However, I am beginning to learn when to zip it!

Also, I tend to be too much of an idealist. This causes me frustrations and letdowns when my expectations are shattered. I guess I just have to be more realistic.