Myth 2: You will learn and grow the most in the areas in which you are weakest. This is a total lie, but we buy into it from a young age because, most likely, our parents bought into it. Buckingham cites a Gallup poll that asked, “Your child comes home with the following grades: English-A, Social Studies-A, Biology-C, Algebra-F. Which grade should get your most attention?” It’s not that surprising that 77 percent of parents said they’d focus almost exclusively on the one F. Heck, I know I’d focus on the F too! But what does that do to us and to our kids? It’s a way of saying that our strengths
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