Matt used to be a lawyer. He got burnt out and disillusioned, and left the profession. However, he has retained all his lawyerly skills related to paying close attention to paperwork requirements, dates, and appeals processes.

He has moved overseas and is renovating some property while dealing with local building regulations. He’s much more skilled than the average person at navigating cumbersome processes.

Now that he’s away from the stress of being a lawyer for a big firm, he’s also a patient guy.

These strengths combine to help him have adventures in foreign real estate most people would shy away from.

Strength stacking occurs when the combination of several of your strengths is greater than the sum of their parts.

Think of strengths you can stack in several buckets:

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