How to identify ones strengths and weaknesses?
Knowing oneself is the first step towards winning a strategic battle. To succeed, one should be able to identify the strong and weak points of an intervention. But looking straight into the mirror is not easy. First, because it is easier to slip into positive self-contemplation and narcissism, rather than conduct a critical analysis. Second, because upon doing so, weaknesses and contradictions that can affect people, organizations and groups are exposed. The third reason is that strengths and weaknesses alike can change; and even what may appear to be positive at one point may become negative, and vice-versa. Hence the need to review those points periodically and systematically. In fact, that should be part of every project phase. There are many methods for dealing with this issue. The most effective are those which combine a certain outside view capable of achieving an objective, rational analysis, with an internal introspective effort. They can be complementary, although the latter s
