Turning once weaknesses into Strength

What is the similarities between Naveen Patnaik, the Chief Minister of Odisha, Donald Trump (needs no introduction) and the current Australian cricket team visiting India ? Their uncanny ability to convert their weekness to strength.

The Chief Minister of Odisha doesn't speak Odia. At best be has minimal knowledge of the language. Many call it his weakness and predicted that his inability to speak the local language would be detrimental to his survival. Considered a novice in politics, he was expected to be trampled by his more politically savvy opponents.

Eventually he proved his detractors wrong. His lack of understanding the local language and aloofness from public was instrumental in surrounding him with a mystic aura - avoiding an over exposure to a milieu known for their obsequiousess and overwhelming feeling of reverence towards outsiders. He outsmarted, outlived and outfoxed all, all set now to complete two decades in power.

The Australian cricket team currently touring India was considered weak and vulnerable against spin bowling. But their dual weaknesses of lack of home advantage and spinners who are considered as tyros turned into strength, as they turned the tables in a turning pitch on their more fancied opponents, making them bite the dust. The visitors batted to potential, bowled accurately and took brilliant catches, catching the home team off guard. They simply converted their weakness to strength to eke out a memorable victory.

In the last US Presidential election the wily fox Hillary was caught flummoxed like the animal in front of headlights, when her opponent Donald Trump crashed her White House dream. Trump's weakness of being an Washington outsider, who is not a politician worked for him and trumped over a stale Hillary from the same old political establishment. 

Trump was successfull in channelizing his weakness to his strength, his image of an outsider who is not a politician (people look at politicians with cynicism these days) upped his ante with the common Americans. Rest we know is history.

And history stands testimony to myriad such instances of turning weaknesses into strength, listing all of them is beyond the scope of the blog. But success lies in using the weakness effectively to turn the tide, which makes these individuals or groups rise above and beyond the rest.