Strengths

We have this culture maxim we live by in America: "You can be anything you want to be, if you just try hard enough." We set kids up for failure. It also ignores the gifts that God has given to each person. A few years ago Michael Jordan decided he would play baseball. After a few strike outs he had a choice: he could either focus his energy and time on his weakness - becoming a better baseball player or instead focus his energy and time on his area of strength - basketball. The same goes for us. Andy Stanley says, "your real value to your organization lay within the context of your giftedness, not necessarily the number of hours you worked."