Work & careers
play to your strengths
use your strongest abilities
To use the skills and qualities that you are best at.
Hear it in real life
Should I lead the presentation?
Yes, you play to your strengths when you explain technical ideas.
In a job interview, try to play to your strengths rather than apologize for what you cannot do.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: play with your strengths
Say: play to your strengths
The fixed preposition is "to," not "with."
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
play to your strengths; play to someone's strengths
Your turn: say it out loud
In a job interview, try to play to your strengths rather than apologize for what you cannot do.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
play to your strengths
use your strongest abilities
“In a job interview, try to play to your strengths rather than apologize for what you cannot do.”
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