Cacica Yve's World: Discover Your "Younique" Talents In Six Simple Ste...

Cacica Yve's World: Discover Your "Younique" Talents In Six Simple Ste...: "It is truly sad how many women do not understand the process of discovering their unique talents and strengths. A few years ago, I bought t..."

Discover Your "Younique" Talents In Six Simple Steps!

It is truly sad how many women do not understand the process of discovering their unique talents and strengths.  A few years ago, I bought the book Strengths Finder 2.0 by Tom Rath and decided to explore my personal strengths using the code found in the book I logged on to the website and proceeded to take a twenty minute strengthsquest.  At the end of my strengthsquest, I was surprised to find out that my top five strengths are: Futuristic, Activator, Ideation, Strategic and Woo.

Well, to tell the truth, the woo didn't really surrpise me,nor did the ideation, because I have always been good at coming up with ideas.  What I later learned as I went through this process of self-discovery on how to put my strengths to use is that when you maximize your strengths you are in a better position to begin to fulfill your purpose and become great in your chosen field.  Unfortunately, we live in a society that focuses on weaknesses, when we think of improving, we think in terms of remediating weaknesses.  This approach is really a waste of energy.  What you should focus your time and energy on is in further developing and strengthening your natural talents - your strengths.   The reason I favor this approach is that it makes much more sense to spend your time developing strengths so you can be amazing then it would remediating weaknesses so you could, at best, be mediocre.  Here are six simple ways you can begin your own self-discovery:

1. Ask. Ask your friends, family, and co-workers what talents, gifts or strengths they perceive you having.  Make a list of the feedback you get, include artistic tendencies, are you good at fixing things, counseling others, are your writing skills, etc.  List everything that you can do well.

2. Think creatively. Don't limit yourself in the way you think.  As a matter of fact, don't even think the same way about your life that you normally would, try to remove all limitations that your family may have taught you, or your upbringing may have embraced.  Forget all those limiting thoughts planted in your mind by fear, by teachers, friends, society, family, your mate...  Great thinkers do great things!  If you believe this statement to be true then begin to think big and you will be motivated to accomplish extraordinary goals.  Visit places that inspire creativity, like museums, libraries, a live play or the opera.  Make it a point to meet new people and strike up conversations with them.... go to a book signing and talk to the author.  Network with the "movers and shakers" in your community and outside your current circle of acquaintences.  Take your networking to the next level by connecting with people outside your usual circle of friends.  By doing so, you will begin to look at life and your gifts from a whole new perspective.  Find a mentor or consult a life coach.

3. Engage in Reflection.  What activities were you drawn to do as a child?  What were your favorite types of books or movies?  What places did you visit or want to visit?  What sort of things did you do?  Are there some ideas that you've thought of which you have sitting on a back-burning waiting to implement "someday?"  What has been your biggest accomplishments?  Look through your book collection, be it on your bookshelf or you Kindle/iPad/reading device and see what genres you read most about.  Recently I inventoried my own personal library and found that the recurring theme of the books I read have to do with leadership, self-improvement, spiriual growth, life achievement and biograpies.  Go back and review these choices because I guarantee that the key to your purpose is hidden within these texts.

4. Involve a Higher Power.  The Creator wants you to live a life of abundance, but you must take the steps to grow in the things of God, or your spiritual guide.  You should involve a Higher Power in your passions and pursuits, for the Most High has created the passion you have and your desires, seek guidance from your Spiritual guide, that you may be instructed on how to make the best use of your talents.

5. Keep a Journal.  Record ideas, quotes, poems, and your reflections in your journal.  What inspires you?  Are you reading something and a passage strikes a cord?  Record the passage, spend time journaling about your dreams and goals.  Whatever it is that sparks enthusiasm and motivates you.  Your journal is written documentation of where you are, where you'd like to be, where you're going and cand be used as your personal roadmap to get there.

6. Access.  Identify those things that limits you, be it in your thinking or actions.  Is it financial limitations that keeps you from achieving your life's goals or lack of education?  Is it a lack of self-esteem or lack of spiritual growth?  Are there things that are going on in your life that maybe limiting your progress?  Take stock and access what it is that is limiting you, then devise a plan of action to overcome or eliminate them.  This is an area in which a mentor or coach can help you to access what's going on and what can be done to break out of the chains that limit you.

Your "youniqe" talents and strengths are waiting to be tapped and harnassed, you only need to take that first step.  Don't continue to lead a life that is smaller than your potential.  Take an active role in shaping the life you want.

Many thanks for reading my blog.  I appreciate your comments and insights and will be sure to respond to every one.