Most of us have been instructed to strengthen our weaknesses, i.e. "you're bad at [x] so work on it til it's good." But Marcus Buckingham in Now, Discover Your Strengths advises us to do the opposite.
I heard author/speaker John Maxwell agree with this strategy. Here's his reason: If you are, say, a one (on a ten-point scale) in making people laugh, you may be able with a lot of effort to improve your ability up to a 2 or 3. That's all. Your effort won't pay off much.
But if you are a 6 on that scale in something else, maybe organizing projects, and you build your talent into an 8, you can make an impact. At that level you'll have significant success.
Here is one man's experience in with this very thing.
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