why it is so hard to difficult to focus on what i do well

i think it is hard to focus on what i do well because everyone is trying to fix something. one of my top strengths is restorative. so naturally i am just drawn to problem solving. I am always trying to fix something I always try to be good at things that I have a hard time getting better at rather than what i am already good at. i think one of the things that I am already good at is being a teacher, and now i am finally working hard to become a teacher in school. Everyone is trying to be the best of the best because it is so hard to get a good job now, so they try to find every little flaw so that they can perfect themselves.
All of us try to be our own god at one point or another. God is perfect so in some ways we think we need to be perfect, so instead of finding what we are good at we try to be perfect in everything. I grew up in a really conservative home so I feel like i never really understood what it meant to accept free grace, so i would need to keep finding my sin out, not what pleases God, because i felt like i wouldn't even go to heaven if i didn't do the right thing all the time. I still believe we need to please God, but now its more of a joy thing, rather than something i have to do.
I think another thing that makes it hard to focus on what we are good at is our upbringing in America. In America we are always supposed to be looking for a way to accomplish our dreams no matter what it takes. sometimes this means working harder than God meant for us, and forgetting the simpler things in life. we are taught to go go go. everybody is trying to find their faults so that they can fix it, or in the case of having a sickness or learning disability, we can help others understand us better by it. somehow it takes others knowing our weaknesses for them to learn how to really love us for who we are. Knowing the strengths don't seem to be as attractive to people, as knowing our weaknesses.