- Let's be honest, my friends, skills pay the bills.
And today I'm gonna help you take
those God-given skills of yours,
and connect them directly into money in the bank.
You ready?
I'm Susie Moore, and in case we haven't met,
I'm an entrepreneur and life coaching columnist
for some of the world's biggest media outlets.
And I speak a lot about this topic.
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Now, I'm gonna be breaking down a process with you today
called The Skill Distiller Formula.
Many of my clients love this,
because they come to me when they're looking for a change.
Maybe it's a promotion,
maybe it's a complete change in careers,
maybe they wanna start something new of their own.
Whatever it is, they might be just lacking in confidence,
and they don't know what it is
that they're really good at.
And they need to really chew into their skills.
To help address this, enter the Skill Distiller Formula.
It helps you really understand your strengths,
what's already busy inside of you.
It's a simple three step formula you can use,
that works in so many situations.
The first step is to think of three big problems you've had,
or successes that you've had.
These don't have to be work-related,
and they don't have to be impressive
by anybody's else's standards.
Just brainstorm three things that you're proud
to have achieved, or three problems you helped solve.
Feel free to share them in the comments below, too.
Here are a few examples I've heard over the years.
Maybe you found and bought your dream house,
under budget, in just a month.
Maybe you helped your best friend
through a really difficult divorce,
and you were really important there for her.
Maybe your sister was struggling to find employment,
and you helped her land a really well-paying job
that she really loves.
Maybe you graduated from college at the top of your class.
Bravo.
Maybe you backpacked through Europe, completely on your own,
without knowing a single soul.
Now, once you have your list, you're ready for step two.
Which is, identify the skills
that helped you achieve those three things.
Now, I might need you to just
step outside of yourself for a moment.
And humble people find this really hard to do,
because they're always just downplaying
their accomplishments.
We're not here to do that.
You might look at your list and say, "Eh, you know,
"but I didn't do anything special to achieve these results."
But you did.
You have a set of strengths and skills
that enabled you to do all of those three things,
and not everyone could do them,
and certainly not the way that you did.
That's very important to know.
It is so rare that we take time
to just sit down for a moment,
and acknowledge all that we've done,
and all that we're capable of.
But it's essential to recognize your strengths
if you want to welcome more success,
more ease, more joy, more abundance, into your life.
Now, let your mind explore
everything you bring to the table here.
Everything that allowed you
to achieve those things on your list,
those accomplishments of yours.
That helped you achieve something or solve a problem.
And let's keep going with some of these examples.
Maybe you helped your sister find a job,
and you put your feelers out there into your network.
You asked friends who love their jobs for hiring advice.
Maybe you connected the dots between some contacts who have,
maybe opportunities that could be good for your sister,
at some fantastic companies.
Your attention to detail would've made a big difference
in polishing up your sister's resume.
Maybe you helped her really position herself
as an asset to the company she was interviewing with,
so she could really nail those interviews.
Maybe you also helped her follow up
in a way that was assertive, but not pushy.
And in reflecting, you've realized you're amazing
at gauging your community,
to help people achieve their goals with you.
Maybe you're comfortable asking questions.
Maybe you're great at positioning.
Maybe you're excellent at utilizing connections.
These are all really great skills.
Are you starting to see that?
And they set the stage for a very successful life
if you start to employ them more.
Or maybe in the case of the house purchase,
purchasing one under budget.
Maybe you're really comfortable doing research online.
Maybe you're great at processing a lot of information,
to determine the value of real estate in your area.
What a good skill.
And also you come to realize that
maybe you're a really good negotiator.
Maybe you're really good under pressure.
Maybe you're one of those people
who don't allow emotions to get in the way of your judgment.
Some of us can be so flappable sometimes.
Which leads us to step three.
Think about how you can apply these skills in a new way.
Remember, winning at life is all about
just doing the best you can
with what you've been given, right?
And what you have in front of you
is a particular set of skills
that have already proven to get results.
So we just wanna brainstorm how we can bring them
to more use in the best way possible.
So you wanna sell a knitting group, for example,
maybe as a side hustle on a Sunday.
And you wanna charge people 100 bucks for a couple hours.
How can you use those skills of yours?
Maybe your openness to asking questions
will be a huge advantage, right?
Maybe you can ask people for advice
on selling a weekly group,
if you know people who've done that.
Maybe someone can guide you.
Maybe someone can point out some pitfalls to avoid.
You'll want to lean on your network again, right?
And that sense of community that you have.
Who can you invite to join the club?
Who are the social butterflies in the big circles
that you know, who could spread the word?
Maybe in connecting the dots, you know somebody
at Creative Knitter's magazine,
or somebody that you know does,
who'd run a feature on your new club.
Remember that, looking back, you had a way
of making your friends want to connect
that sister of yours with their HR directors, right?
How can you use that same mentality
to give people the right incentive
to spread the word about your knitting club?
It's all the same skills here.
How can you get people excited about being part
of your community, your world, this opportunity?
Maybe those positioning skills come back in too,
and those followup skills.
They'll help you when it comes to reaching out,
to securing venues, right?
Maybe you can convince somebody
to let you use their club for free.
How can you followup in this non-sissy way
to make sure you get a yes?
You already know how, you've proven it.
Or maybe those real estate skills will help,
in helping you research the right area.
And even maybe even launch a course, who knows,
increasing your virtual knitting group
with people from all around the world.
You already have this knack
for determining value and price point, right?
And this could easily apply
to other areas of your life in new ways.
Once you go through the exercise,
you'll see that your skills are way bigger than you think.
Bigger than you, in lots of ways.
And clarity on the existing skills that you have
is enough to help you take action and win.
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what your biggest takeaway is from today's video,
and what skill you possess that you're most proud of.
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which would give you the confidence and clarity
to move forward now.