FEATURE

Turning Your Weaknesses into Appeal

Introduction

A message to help you get through these uncertain times

“Your weak points can become your weapons” by Ira Ishida

Case Studies

Weak Points in Experience or Career

Lack of experience/late start/working part-time

The “Ultra-Positive Attitude” that helped me overcome my weaknesses

Mayumi Hashimoto, President and COO, BOOKOFF Corporation

Weak Points in Character

Fear of Strangers

I found my calling because I get cold feet

Careless and clumsy

My lack of precision means I can venture

Can’t get recognition

My boss’s reprimands made me grow

Weak Points in Position

The job changer

There are ways to work that are possible exactly because you have no experience

The freelancer

The lack of stability creates freedom

The woman

Transform the weak point of being of the other sex into objectivity

The overly young

Make a big success of your youth by combining it with toughness

Column

Lack of popularity as a weak point

The head of a marriage consultancy talks about a “practical prescription against lack of popularity as a weak point”

Ill-health as a weak point

Transforming a sudden illness into power

This is How to Get Rid of Doubts and Complexes

The art of self-management as taught in the most up-to-date psychology