[transcribed 2021-06-02]

An invisible strength is, generally, a strength or skill you have that you don’t
talk about (much).[1]

For me, one “invisible strength” is persevering through any situation calmly,
figuring out what’s going on, and what to do in the situation. It helps in
arguments - my younger sister was upset at one point because she wanted to
become the school president, but there were signs that she had head lice. If the
whole school suddenly knew she had head lice, they probably wouldn’t vote for
her during the election. Being able to stay calm, and help calm her, helped keep
the arguments going smoothly and logically (we did eventually come to a
conclusion).

But it’s a bit different from the section of the story I read (*Rules of the
Game,* Amy Tan) - in the book, Waverly was becoming a master at chess. Her
invisible strength was her tactics, her foresight, especially when playing
chess. She wouldn’t tell people about her tactics. That wouldn’t make sense,
it’d give her competitors an advantage. But, especially if asked, I’m fine with
explaining how being calm and such is good, so I’m not sure I’d consider what I
explained as an invisible strength. There’s no (apparent) reason not to teach
people about being calm (etc.) so can it really be considered an invisible
strength?

[1] Emphasis on much. Time to go against the definition of that, right?