| The idea of this writing seems slightly unusual at best. If | | | | On the other half of the paper, you should write down |
| you are anything like me, you hear the term "fire pit" | | | | a positive thought to counteract the weakness. If you |
| and quickly think of summer camp, late nights on the | | | | know of many weaknesses, make a sheet for each |
| beach, and blowing out flaming marshmallows before | | | | one. |
| stuffing the ooey-gooey mess in your mouth. Your | | | | You will then conduct a burning ceremony around the |
| mind never goes to the idea that you could achieve | | | | fire pit which may be completed all at once or in |
| self-improvement or leadership skills around a bonfire, | | | | pieces. As you physically see "weakness paper" |
| does it? This thought is as new for me as for you, but | | | | burning in the fire pit, you are mentally agreeing to |
| think on the idea and give it a try. | | | | relinquish these negative thoughts. In their place, you |
| First and foremost, to be a leader, one must be | | | | are grabbing hold of the positive thoughts about your |
| confident. For many people, confidence does not | | | | strengths or your ability to overcome the weaknesses. |
| come naturally, meaning it must be learned and | | | | For some, burning all of the papers in one week may |
| worked for. Another reality is that having confidence is | | | | simply be too much. Your mind may not be able to |
| typically more of a mental battle for people than | | | | practically rid itself of so many negative thoughts |
| anything else. Your lack of confidence is directly | | | | replaced by positive thoughts at one time. Instead, you |
| related to a perceived weakness. Before you take on | | | | may only want to burn one paper per week as a way |
| any leadership roles, you should be able to confidently | | | | to focus specifically on removing one weakness every |
| put behind you any perceived weakness which will | | | | couple of days. This will give you time to practice and |
| hinder your leadership abilities. | | | | improve in one area before moving on to the next. |
| The first exercise in self-improvement is to give your | | | | A person who is confident and positive will be able to |
| mind a practical means of letting go of these | | | | lead others. When you have attained this ability, share |
| weaknesses. You should begin by writing down a | | | | it with those you lead in order to help them reach their |
| perceived weakness on one half of a piece of paper. | | | | full potential. |