Well my friend, if I were running for the office of the vice-president I probably wouldn’t reveal my Achilles heal. The masses are not ready to have a weak leader. On the other hand, if I were at a job interview, I would welcome a question like that. If I am not hired because I reveal my weaknesses, then it’s not a good fit anyway.
Revealing weaknesses in a job interview says to the employer that you are open to improving yourself, you are honest, you are real and your openness makes you a good team player.

I agree it behooves us to accentuate the positive in the personal and in society but that does not mean that we hide the negative because that allows things to fester, as I mentioned in today’s post.

I am totally with you on the role the media plays in the low self-worthiness that is rampant in our society.

Thanks again for your kind comments and support!

May beauty follow you and be with you always!
Miruh

I read a survey last week and that question, “What is your weakness/Achilles heel?,” came up as the worst interview question. I never understood why a person would reveal their weakness and it usually has nothing to do with the job. It may be honest and noble, but it is surely going to lessen one’s chances of being hired, I think. It’s all in the way we execute our language. It would behoove us to accentuate the positive, not the negative – personally as as a society. What do you think?

I would say that images portrayed in the media are what drive us to the illusion of perfection. Although perfection doesn’t exist in the human form, it is profitable for the media to keep perpetuating myths, distorted figures, ideals and aberrated imagery to make us feel bad about ourselves.

Let’s feel good – stop reading beauty magazines and just BE beautiful. Beauty is not found in the pages of a glossy magazine, it already exists inside of us.

How can we ever reach our potential if we keep discounting our worth?

Nice conclusion on paradoxes. Well done.