I, Rikutsu-Kone-Taro, will express my subjective opinion, filled with arbitrary judgments and biases from the perspective of Rikutsu-Kone-Taro, on whether it is tactically more reasonable to extend strengths or compensate for weaknesses.
To start with the conclusion, speaking strictly for ordinary individuals, improving weaknesses overwhelmingly produces better results compared to extending strengths.
The reason for this becomes clear when considering standard deviations. Let’s say it takes 50 hours of study to improve from a deviation score of 30 to 40.
Now, can one improve from a deviation score of 60 to 70 with the same 50 hours of study (of course, the content being different)? This is almost impossible, I believe.
The cost-benefit ratio of growth tends to worsen as the level of strengths increases. The time and cost to extend strengths become less cost-effective as the level of those strengths increases.
Therefore, relatively speaking, improving weaknesses yields a higher cost-benefit ratio.
Moreover, the process of improving weaknesses is an excellent opportunity to encounter new possibilities.
Because it’s a field one hasn’t invested time and effort into before, it’s an unknown territory for oneself.
Thus, efforts to improve weaknesses can lead to discoveries of new worlds and one’s own strengths that one couldn’t have imagined.
And because these newfound strengths might become a source of future income through some twist of fate, life is indeed mysterious.
Of course, it’s important to maintain strengths as strengths. One should never discard their strengths.
However, facing weaknesses occasionally can lead to unexpected discoveries.
By the way, I mentioned “speaking strictly for average individuals” at the beginning. Let me explain a bit about what “average individuals” mean.
An average person is simply someone who hasn’t stood out exceptionally. The fact that most people in the world are average reflects how difficult it is to stand out.
Therefore, if an average person has significant weaknesses, that alone can prevent them from surpassing someone with fewer weaknesses.
However, exceptional individuals have reached a level that most people cannot. They are incredibly rare individuals. There are hardly any others like them.
So, depending on the time and place, just being rare can sometimes be enough to sustain a living.
To put it simply, if someone’s appearance is just okay, but they have significant personality or knowledge issues, they may struggle to find their place in society.
But if someone’s appearance is incredibly appealing, regardless of their personality or knowledge, society will welcome them with open arms.
Anyone who lacks these elements is an average person. Without actively making efforts, they cannot find their place in society.
But precisely because of this, I think they can encounter unexpected happiness.
Being provided with a place in society and told, “Please, feel free to stay here,” is, in a way, like being in a prison. Because if you go somewhere else without permission, you’ll definitely be reprimanded.
Therefore, I believe true happiness lies in facing one’s weaknesses, enjoying unexpected encounters, and enjoying the freedom to move around to create one’s own place in society.
This is why “exceptional” individuals often end up unhappy, at least according to Rikutsu-Kone-Taro representing the average person.
Therefore, hooray for average people.
That’s all for now.
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