There is a myth about your strengths that you don’t need to work on what your bad at, because it is more valuable to develop your strengths than it is to develop your weaknesses. Or, that you don’t have to be able to adapt, or relate in a situation because, that isn’t one of your talents.

I think it is all bull.

In the real world, working this way makes you like the SNL skit -”How much ya bench?”. Guys sitting around bragging about how much they can bench-press, but are angered when they are asked why they don’t work out their lower body. You can’t get very far at work if you tell your boss, “Sorry I can’t do that, it isn’t my personality”, or “I don’t like doing that, so you should get someone else”

The point is, sure, you shouldn’t spend so much time on your weaknesses that you don’t even develop your strengths, but you have to be able to work as a team, and do things even if they aren’t your bread and butter. Know who you are. Know what you do well. Know what you aren’t the best at, and tell people that so they know. BUT, don’t live life thinking that your legs are pointless, or that people with strong legs and no upper body are just pointless. Working together as a team, and not overdoing your strengths to excess is just the reality of being apart of a healthy office.