Yo today's QLT is surround yourself with people who are good at what you're bad at. Here we go

Welcome back to the quote of the day show I'm your host Sean Crox and the Sean Crox and

.com. We got John Addison back on the show today and John is going to encourage you to build

on your strengths. You know, we often hear that we should be working on our weaknesses and that's

valid. But what's even more important is to identify what you're already good at, where

your talents are, what your gifts are, and to get better at those. Because as he says, the best

you'll ever be at your weaknesses is mediocre. John Addison, he's coming up. The second principle

I want to talk to you about is build on your strengths. And now that may sound simple, but I find

in life for most people they do the exact opposite and the people that train them and teach

them try to get them to do the exact opposite. Okay, look, the best you'll ever be at something

you are natural. We all are made up of DNA. We have things that are programmed and hardwired

into us by God. You know, that don't mean you can't get better than I'm not saying any

of that. I mean, okay, always work. But we are wired with inclinations and directions

to us. And the best you'll ever be at a weakness is mediocre. No matter how hard you work

on it, somebody is great at that because they're hardwired to be good at that. You need

to find, I speak a lot to universities and to college students. And I tell people, find

what you're good at without trying and then try. If you do that, you got a chance to

be great. If you find what your natural strengths are and you focus like crazy on them and

then as you build your life, build your business, surround yourself with people who are good

at what you're bad at, that gives you a chance to be great. That gives you a chance to

be exceptional in life. And so let me give you an example. It's in the book in the chapter

where I talk about this is when I was very young, I grew up in, like I said, in Covington,

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