This document discusses SWOT analysis, which examines the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for a person, business, or country. Strengths can provide opportunities, while weaknesses can lead to threats if not addressed. The document advises focusing career choices and development on utilizing one's strengths, in order to become excellent in that area, rather than choosing a career that relies on weaknesses and risks mediocrity. It includes prompts for the reader to conduct personal and country-level SWOT analyses.

1. SWOT Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats

2. What is SWOT SWOT is an acronym for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. Strengths of a person/business/country can give rise to opportunities. Example, a person is good at numbers will have opportunities in Accounting, Banking, etc. Weaknesses of a person/business/country can give rise to threats. A person can address or avoid his/her weaknesses. For example, a person who is weak in numbers can improve his/her ability with numbers for a career in Accounting or simply avoid this career (don’t try to improve)

3. Quiz Why should person/businesses/countries be aware of their strengths and weaknesses? Peter Drucker said, “Its better to be excellent at what you are good at, than mediocre at what you are average/poor at”. What do you think he means?

4. Quiz Answers Why should person/businesses/countries be aware of their strengths and weaknesses? -A person/business/country uses his/its strengths to take advantage of opportunities. -A person/business/country is aware of his/its weaknesses to address them when they give rise to threats or don’t address them by avoiding threats. Peter Drucker said, “Its better to be excellent at what you are good at, than mediocre at what you are average/poor at”. What do you think he means? -When choosing a career, don’t waste time by choosing one that uses your weaknesses. If you do this, you will become “mediocre at what you’re poor or average at” -In your spare time, you can address your weaknesses. -Choose a career at what you’re good at, so you have a change to be excellent (and don’t waste time).

5. Personal SWOT Analysis What types of careers can you become excellent at? What strengths would they involve? What types of careers would threaten you? That is, you would be mediocre at. What weaknesses would they involve? To practice problem-solving skills: Identify a “fresh approach” to addressing you major weakness.

6. Country SWOT Analysis Do a SWOT analysis of the U.A.E.’s economy. To practice problem-solving skills, identify a fresh approach to a threat to U.A.E.’s economy.