Ask a prospective hire about their biggest weakness, and very few people will blurt out that they're not team players or that they don't deal well with change.

Instead, job candidates have learned to respond that they're too loyal,

or maybe they care too much about doing a good job. But if it turns out that interview

questions about shortcomings fail to reveal any actual important flaws, there is another very

simple thing we can ask instead, and that is what's your greatest strength? From KERA in

Dallas, this is think. I'm Chris Boyd. It's a radical idea, isn't it? That the qualities we're

most proud of, that legitimately do contribute to our success can also sometimes trip us up.

My guest is a clinical psychologist, entrepreneur,

and business coach.

And over many years of helping talented people

work past career roadblocks, he's come to believe

that just about every advantageous personality trait

can be a double-edged sword,

especially if we fail to recognize them as such.

Which many of us do because human nature.

Martin Dubin is author of a new book called Blindspotting, How to See What's Holding You Back

As a Leader.

He also has an article in Entrepreneur titled Is Your Greatest Strength Actually Sabotaging You?

Here's How to Find Out and fix it before it's too late.

Marty, welcome to think.

Thank you, Chris.

Looking forward to the conversation.

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