If you were to begin a new job tomorrow, you would bring with you some basic strengths and weaknesses.Success or -1- in your work would depend, to -2- great extent, -3- your ability to use your strengths and weaknesses to the best advantage. -4- the utmost importance is your attitude.A person -5- begins a job convinced that he isn t going to like it or is -6- that he is going to ail is exhibiting a weakness which can only hinder his success.On the other hand, a person who is secure -7- his belief that he is probably as capable -8- doing the work as anyone else and who is willing to make a cheerful attempt -9- it possesses a certain strength of purpose. The chances are that he will do well.
-10- the prerequisite skills for a particular job is strength. Lacking those skills is obviously a weakness. A bookkeeper who can t add or a carpenter who can t cut a straight line with a saw -11- hopeless cases.
This book has been designed to help you capitalize -12- the strength and overcome the -13- that you bring to the job of learning. But insgroupsto measure your development, you must first -14- stock ofswheresyou stand now. -15- we get further along in the book, we ll be -16- in some detail with specific processes for developing and strengthening -17- skills.However, -18- begin with, you should pause -19- examine your present strengths and weaknesses in three areas that are critical to your success or failurein school: your -20-, your reading and communication skills, and your study habits.