What to learn

• Not all development needs are weaknesses - things you are doing now that hamper your chances of success.
• Some development needs are also gaps between where you are now and where you want to be in the future, i.e. learning more about the business, finance, new markets, strategy, etc.
• This is a willingness to look forward, to prepare for the future.
• The rate of change is such that we all need to learn new things fast.
• The advantage of focusing on knowledge and experience gaps is that you're always moving ahead. This attitude fosters forward momentum rather than self-doubt due to self-criticism for bad habits.
• But, if these are the only development needs you see in yourself, you might be overlooking some bad habits that only others can see in you.
• The key is to avoid blinding ourselves to real strategic weaknesses, but not to get so weighed down by them that we lose confidence and forward momentum.
• Hence, strive to balance the development of new knowledge and experience with addressing counterproductive habits.
• Integrity entails balance - not being so weighed down by weaknesses that we're immobilized but, conversely, not denying the reality of the weaknesses we do have.