As my perspective change or have my standards lowered.

I'm Antelda Dukworth.

I'm Stephen Dobner.

And you're listening to no stupid questions.

Today on the show, is it better to invest in your strengths or improve on your weaknesses?

You might think I'm really funny, but then other people might say,

also, why do we like and dislike the things that we like and dislike? For two years, I had the exact same lunch.

On purpose?

Angela, this is a classic question from a listener. It's an essential question. I would argue.

Okay, shoot. What is it?

Did I build it up too much?

I know. I'm kind of like, no question can live up to this introduction, but I want to know what it is.

So this is from Emily Ward, who lives in Richmond, Virginia.

Should we capitalize on our strengths or work on our weaknesses?

This is a great question.

Is that not the universe in one question?

It is the universe in one question.

And it's a question I've been thinking about since the first day of graduate school,

because when I went to repurpose myself as a psychologist, I discovered that my advisor, Marty Selegman,

was the founder of positive psychology. And I say that I discovered that after signing up to be a graduate student,

because I literally didn't know that's this whole stick.

You thought he was a plumber?

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