Don't Do Everything Yourself, Focus On Your Talents Then Delegate The Rest

By Andres Rodriguez

Successful people are successful because they focus on their talents. They identify what they are good at and then they develop that talent, improving and growing it. They don't bother on identifying what they are weak at and trying to develop that and turn it into a strength. The result? They become masters at what they do.

On the other hand, most people do the exact opposite. They look at their weakness and spend most of their time in trying to develop that so it would someday turn into a strength. The result? They become skilled in a lot of things but masters of none.

Friends, there's a reason why God gave each and every one of us unique talents. Our talents is what we will be using to bless the people and the world. In order to do that, we must first become an expert or a master. And to do that, we must continuously grow and develop our talents.

But what about our weaknesses? Surely they'll be a hindrance in what we want to accomplish in our life.

Yes our weaknesses might become a problem in our journey. But that's part of it. You see, our weaknesses are not meant to be developed and turned into strengths. Our weaknesses are God's way of telling us that we should work with others. To overcome our weakness, we must work with people who are talented in that area and let them cover for us.

Why do you think a lot of successful entrepreneurs always say to hire people who are smarter than you? It's because they know that they can never be good at everything, they can only understand how it works, but not necessarily be good at it. So the solution? Surround yourself with smart people who knows what you don't know and just learn to manage them.

I'd like to leave you a quote by Steven Spielberg on working with a team "When I was a kid, there was no collaboration; it's you with a camera bossing your friends around. But as an adult, film-making is all about appreciating the talents of the people you surround yourself with and knowing you could never have made any of these films by yourself."