Take the time to think through your different personal strengths, enlisting the help of a thoughtful friend or mentor and identifying weaknesses as well.

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Instead, they constantly assess how to use their personal strengths and whatever resources they have at hand to develop goals on the fly, while creatively reacting to contingencies.

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Betina has found a way to modernize hand-embroidery techniques and indigenous materials like shell and pineapple weave fabric by playing on the strengths of her youth and her personal style urban with traces of influence from designers like Nicolas Ghesquiere, the team at Kenzo, Proenza Schouler, Givenchy and Alexander Wang.

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Through the magic of Kinect, the personal trainers within the experience can see how your body moves, assess your physical strengths and athleticism, identify areas for improvement, and create a personalized workout plan to help you achieve your personal best.

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The life companies, it is sometimes said, once enjoyed the strengths of an earlier Japan power built on an intricate network of personal relationships.

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The extraordinary strength of his personal character and that of his wonderful wife, Michelle is grounded in the strengths of the American community.

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