Compensation Theory
Compensation theory holds that weaknesses or flaws do not have to define a person’s limits. Weaknesses can be managed, offset by others’ strengths, or reframed as part of success. A person does not need to become strong at everything if th…
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Compensation theory holds that weaknesses or flaws do not have to define a person’s limits. Weaknesses can be managed, offset by others’ strengths, or reframed as part of success. A person does not need to become strong at everything if they know their own elite strength and build around weaknesses. Compensation theory asks someone who blames a limitation for inaction to examine how that limitation might be offset or used differently.