There’s a popular and effective exercise, taught in business schools everywhere, called a SWOT analysis. The concept is to analyze the entirety of a company, organization, or institution by listing its Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats.
By recognizing where it excels, where it needs improvement, where its resources stand to make the largest impact, and where, what, and who could pose an obstacle to making that impact, anyone or anything can set itself on a path to success. Quite simply and intuitively, the key is to maximize strengths and opportunities while minimizing weaknesses and threats. In other words, play to your strengths and eliminate your weakness, or at least improve upon them. It’s even popular to say, “Turn your weaknesses into strengths.”