Our greatest strengths are our greatest weaknesses

I could not agree more with the above statement. There would be no strengths without weaknesses. As we journey throughout our lives, our perceptions of things changes, we get educated, meet different people who influence the way we see and react to things. We discover what we good and not too good at, and where we can improve. With all the information we are processing and expose to on daily basis, we differ in the way we see and perceive things.

It is also said that “those individuals who pride themselves by how they are reflected by society and thrive only on their strengths are only depriving themselves of discovering yet another strength by recognizing and striving to improve upon their weaknesses”. Admitting weaknesses is not a sign of defeat but rather a preclude to the structuring of a new strength.

This is a big bad world we live in that we need to always guard ourselves from. There are people who pride themselves by capitalising on hurting others and succeed on other’s misfortunes. It is human nature that we can do nothing about. It is also believed that one should never take humility for granted but rather utilize it by turning into a revered success.

Every human being is flawed. We do things and make grave mistakes by not our own liking but it’s human. We always need to look back and see if we left nothing behind.

Feelings follow behaviour

I strongly agree with the statement above. How you feel at a particular time will affect or determine the way you would react to a particular situation. We react differently to a situation when we are angry than we would if we were not.
I think it also applies on the other side as well. Sometimes we also tend to behave differently to people that we do not like or we feel are a threat to us. We get carried away and say or do things that we do not mean but because we are controlled by our emotions. Whenever one is in love and happy, it shows on how he/she behaves in the company of others.
Emotions can be deceiving at times because some people do crazy things without thinking of the consequences but had they think before, they would have acted differently. We need to be level headed about things and make informed decisions and also verify all the information at your disposal before acting on anything.

DESIGNER PR

Public Relation has and still playing a critical in the evolution of communication in our country. As we approaching the 2010 World Cup in SA, we need to ensure that we keep abreast of the trends that develop in the entire world not only in communication but with business and new ways of doing things.
It is high time that we promote and sell our country to the world so that visitors would feel safe when they visit South Africa. We know how badly our reputation is in regards to crime, unemployment and other ills in the eyes of the world.
Public Relations would then play a huge role in improving our relations and communication with the world. We now have new technological improvements that can be utilised like facebook, twitter, myspace, youtube and other innovations to pass information to the world. It’s up to us as a country and PR industry to ensure that we maximise these potential innovations.