3 WAYS TO FIND YOUR HIDDEN TALENT
In the videos you find on this channel you often hear me say how hard work and determination can
allow you to achieve unthinkable results - Which is true, however, think what results
you could achieve if you apply this attitude to something you also have a natural talent for.
All of us have innate gifts that allow us to excel or at least do well in a particular discipline.
The problem is that many of us often do not know what this discipline is.
Talents can be artistic or technical, mental or physical, personal or social. Whether you are an
introvert and an extrovert makes no difference. Your talents don't have to be profitable, useful
or conventional, but they will always be yours, a part of what makes you what you are today.
In this video I will share 3 tips to help you find your hidden talent:
1. Get out of your comfort zone and try new things
If you have not yet found your natural talent, it is important to actively and creatively look
for it. You will hardly find your hidden talent while you are sitting on the sofa.
You may have an natural talent for painting, or for playing volleyball or for musical instruments,
but if you never tried any of these disciplines in your life, then you will never know.
What if Picasso had never tried painting, or if Roger Federer had played soccer instead of tennis,
or again, if Jimi Hendrix preferred playing baseball rather than electric guitar?
Make it a goal to try (be careful, I didn't say “learn”, I said “try”) something new every week.
You may not immediately discover something you have a great talent for,
but by the law of large numbers the more disciplines you try,
the more likely you are to find something you are particularly suited to.
Try out different sports, outdoor hobbies like fishing,
windsurfing or rock climbing to see if you have an untapped natural ability or instinct for it.
Also think: What are other people tired of hearing you talk about?
Use the things you are obsessed with to discover related skills and talents.
Even if you are obsessed with something that is difficult to link to a talent,
like watching TV series, try to dig deep. Maybe you are great at telling stories or
analyzing narratives and you could start your own blog or YouTube channel where you analyze
various TV series or give your opinion on movies. Trying new things is the basis of everything.
2. Take a personality test. Personality quizzes are often used
by companies to try to understand the natural abilities of potential candidates. It works
the same with talent. Sure, this type of test doesn't identify talents in and of themselves,
but they can provide you with useful insights. Myers-Briggs is perhaps the most famous of
the personality quizzes, separating people into one of sixteen personality types based
on answers to a variety of questions and research performed by Carl Jung.
The Keirsey Temperament Sorter separates people into various temperaments,
identified by your answers to a variety of scenarios and questions.
If you run a simple Google search you will find many similar tests,
some more accurate than others. Do not go crazy looking for the "perfect test", the
purpose of this exercise is to give you an idea of what new field you should consider exploring.
3. Look back Look back on your past. As you reflect on yourself
in search of your talents, start by looking at your past. Were you a math wizard at school?
Try playing chess, sign up for some tournaments! Think about your childhood. What did you often
do as a child? What did you like? What were you known for? Sometimes this can
reveal some of your deepest talents and will surely reveal interests that can be deepened.
To conclude, unless you want to discover a talent for purely financial purposes,
do not waste time trying disciplines for which you know immediately you have no interest in.
After all if you are good at something but that does not give you joy then
you are looking in the wrong place. Ask yourself what you like to do, dig deep
to understand your type of personality and look for talents in some way related to it. Good luck!
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