Time is Precious- Do Something the Book Suggests

One thing every actor should do to become better at his craft is to list his or her shortcomings; make a note of the things you know you were born with, and cannot change. But, honestly, who wants to be told what they're no good at? Well, after reading another chapter of A Practical Handbook For the Actor, I realized that it is a necessary action if one truly wants to improve his skills. 
If you tell yourself "this is one of my shortcomings," it will be easier to understand that, instead of focusing on something that you can't change, you could devote yourself to everything else, including your "talent".



The authors put this very nicely:

"It makes sense to devote yourself only to those things which you have the capacity to change, and refrain from wasting your time, thought and energy on these things you can never affect."

Following the suggestion coming from this handbook, I decided which of the things I will no longer worry about, for I cannot change them- I made a mental list of my "shortcomings" that I should not waste my time and energy on- from now on, I will only try to improve the things worth improving, the ones that will be better for my future.