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Director Roles 🎯, Strategic 2025 Insights, Double Down on Wins

Director Roles 🎯, Strategic 2025 Insights, Double Down on Wins

Micah Piippo
January 06, 2025

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Welcome back to Beyond Deadlines newsletter—a free perk for people looking to improve in Planning and Scheduling. Each week, we provide tactics, prompts, jobs and food for thought. We want you to succeed today, tomorrow and throughout the rest of your career.

What’s working and how can we do more of it?

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Strengths and Weaknesses

(A reframe that might change how you think about them)

Over the years, I’ve realized that being well-balanced isn’t always the best approach.

Here’s why:

Your strengths? They’re multipliers.

Your weaknesses? They often provide only minimal impact.

So, next time you’re facing a tough problem or feeling stuck, ask yourself:

How can I leverage my strengths to solve this?

For example:

When you’re working on a project and an issue arises, most people focus on fixing what isn’t working.

What if you started with what is working and solved the problem through that lens?

Thinking about your next career move?

Start with what you’re good at.

Now, here’s the real question:

How could you double or triple down on what’s already working?

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Finding What’s Working

Copy and paste this prompt into ChatGPT, Gemini or Claude.

Act as a career and self-improvement strategist. Create a reflective exercise for someone to identify and leverage their strengths to tackle a specific challenge or make a critical decision.

Provide guidance for reframing their approach to focus on multiplying what is already working rather than fixating on weaknesses. Use the context of personal development and career growth, such as making a career move or solving a challenging project issue. Include examples like identifying a successful approach in past projects and adapting it to the current situation.

Structure the exercise in a step-by-step format with clear instructions and actionable insights. Maintain an encouraging and empowering tone. Before you begin, ask me 3 questions to better understand the situation.