It may not be a lack of ability, but a lack of the right place

"I don't have any strengths."

When I provide consultations on entrepreneurship or work styles,
I sometimes hear those words.

But every time I hear them, I feel a slight sense of discomfort.

Is it really a lack of ability?

Or is it just that
they haven't found the right place for themselves yet?

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Those people were not "useless"

This is a story from when I used to work in blood supply at the Red Cross.

The delivery staff
consisted mostly of people who had joined after retiring from other companies.

My boss would often say

"They are useless people."

I would say.

But I didn't think so.

Because,

those people didn't know the Red Cross culture.

They weren't used to the technical terminology either.

They didn't know the rules specific to medical settings, either.

In that state,
they were handed manuals created for young staff,

and were told they had low ability

because they couldn't memorize them.

I have always thought that

before changing people,
we should change the system.

Perhaps the same applies to school non-attendance.

I have experienced my eldest son's social withdrawal
and my daughter's school non-attendance.

Perhaps that is why,

for a long time,

the view that "this person is no good"

is something I am not comfortable with.

Because they don't go to school.

Because they are socially withdrawn.

Because they are a company employee.

Because they haven't started a business.

I cannot judge people based on such reasons alone.

After my daughter transferred to a correspondence high school,

she found a part-time job on her own,

and decided on her own path for further education.

By leaving an environment that was stifling with management,
she may have finally been able to demonstrate her true potential.

People have places where they fit in.

I believe that,

people are not suffering from a lack of ability

Isn't it more often the case that you are suffering in a place that doesn't suit you?

That is what I think.

Of course, developing your abilities is necessary.

But before that,

Is the place you are in right now really the right fit for you?

Is your current role really allowing you to utilize your strengths?

Isn't it important to ask yourself questions like that?

Untangling the confusion

Recently,

I have been thinking about what it is I want to do.

And what I realized is,

that I don't want to change people.

I don't want to do what is called interpersonal support.

Untangling the confusion within people and organizations

and creating a state where they can demonstrate their inherent strengths.

Perhaps that is my job.

If right now,

you are thinking,

"I have nothing,"

before you doubt your own abilities,

Please consider the possibility of a lack of the right place.

Unexpectedly, there may be dormant strengths that are simply not being seen.

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