Hanging a lantern on my foibles

I just read an interesting Businessweek article on the departing NY Governor Elliott Spitzer titled The Harder they Fall. The article identifies potential attributes that lead to what they call, "the Genius-to-Folly Syndrome".

One phrase jumped out from their suggested five habits for staying on top. It's called hang a lantern on your foibles. I'll quote their narrative below:

To understand them better, shine a light on your weaknesses. Acknowledge them to others—you'll discourage people from punishing you too much for them. Use humor to illuminate your flaws; it communicates vulnerability while indicating you're still in control.

Hmm, let me see, isn't that what I'm doing through my blog? I think I'm shining a ginormous industrial strength floodlight on my foibles.

I hope that's keeping me on top.