Thank you for everyone who visited last week for the Long and Short Review Wednesday Blog Hop. This week our topic is our greatest strengths.
There is a great set of lines in Dr. Seuss’s The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, that I’ve copied below, that captures my strength.
Then he got an idea! An awful idea!
The Grinch got a wonderful, awful idea.
“I know just what to do!” The Grinch laughed in his throat.
—Dr. Seuss, The Grinch Who Stole Christmans
White boards, blank slates, empty pages and impossible problems jumpstart my creativity and focus. I am never without an idea or a solution, and can generate several different approaches, usually pretty quickly. I may not always get the right idea or the solution that is selected but I can throw something out there to get a conversation started, and keep adding to it. I will admit that sometimes I can get too attached to my own ideas. Stephen King’s advice helps me manage that for writing and beyond. If you haven’t read it, here’s the key insight.
Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric scribbler’s heart, kill your darlings.
—Stephen King, On Writing
Like in most things, strengths can be weaknesses if we are not careful. Tune back in next week when we discuss our weaknesses.
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Good point! Sometimes it doesn’t always work out right, but at least you’re going in the right direction. I like those quotes. 🙂
I really like the quotes. Ideas are definitely about moving things forward.
Very cool! How do you keep track of all of your ideas?
My post: https://lydiaschoch.com/wednesday-weekly-blogging-challenge-my-greatest-strength/
I journal. I have journals all over my house, in my purse, in the office. I usually ask for them as gifts when folks need a gift list.
Great way to explain you strength.
Thanks, Patrick. It was fun to do.
I always say if you keep poking at a problem, you’ll figure it out. The only way not to is to give up!
Agree. It can take awhile and a lot of ideas, but we do get there.
Love Dr. Seuss and King! Wonderful words to live by… and I love brainstorming ideas … even if it’s just me, myself, and I. My post, if you want to stop by, is here.
I enjoy brainstorming–by myself and with others. It is a lot of fun, and you never know what will happen.
Brainstorming and lateral thinking for problem-solving – that’s one heckuva strength!
Thanks, Michael. It can also be a lot of fun.