hi I'm Linda Rainer and in this video
we're going to talk about how you can
have a purposeful and meaningful career
by first figuring out what your true
gifts are so let's get started
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so I'm a career coach I get a lot of
people who come to me and ask me to help
them with how to figure out what it is
that they're meant to do with their
careers and these are people who are
generally pretty bright they're pretty
confident they thought that they knew
exactly what it is that they wanted to
do with their career so they went to
good schools they got the degrees they
needed they landed the jobs they thought
they wanted after a few years a lot of
them are second-guessing the job that
they're in they're second-guessing the
career path that they've chosen if
you're watching this video there's a
good chance that you actually may be one
of these people you may be feeling lost
confused and potentially even depressed
when you think about your career or your
job
deep down you and I both know that
there's something in you that's telling
you that you can do something more that
your life is bigger than this you can
make an impact and feel fulfilled and
live a truly meaningful life because
seriously there is no way that we're
meant to live our lives to just work in
meaningless jobs or passionless jobs
just for a paycheck there's so many
other ways to make a living so I often
get asked how do I figure out what I'm
meant to do what's my thing so before we
answer that question let's take a step
back because in order to be clear on
where we're going we need to be clear on
what's in here first and one of the
things that I'll help you to get fully
clear is to know what your unique gifts
are so a lot of people when they hear
the word gifts they think that it's a
special superpower or a special ability
that only certain people have that's not
what I'm talking about because the type
of gifts that I'm talking about are the
ones that apply to everybody I truly
believe that every single person has one
or a whole set of gifts that really sets
them apart from others and once you're
in a career where you feel as though
you're
these gifts to the maximum that they can
be used that's where you're going to be
most enthusiastic and passionate about
what you're doing so here are three
steps to figuring out your exact gifts
step number one make a list of five
activities that you truly love doing
these are activities where when you do
them you feel as though you come alive
you're creative you're enthusiastic you
feel in your element feels good to you
you're enjoying yourself and most
importantly it comes naturally to you
now don't be confused with activities
versus gifts your gift is deeper than
any of these activities but for now just
simply list them
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step number two explain in a full
sentence why you enjoy doing each
activity this is helpful because it
reminds you of all the reasons why you
enjoy doing what you do so take the time
to be clear and fully explain this after
step number three ask yourself what
natural talents do I have that enable
need to do this activity well maybe
you're naturally quick thinker or your
super resourceful these are your
inherent true gifts a lot of people when
they do this exercises they stop at just
the activities they think that just
because they're good at doing certain
activities that that means that their
ideal career has to involve doing just
those activities but that's not it what
I'm trying to say here is this in order
to get a glimpse into what your ideal
career is meant to be the work that
you're here to do the purpose that
you're here to serve you need to first
analyze yourself look inside ask
yourself what am I good at why am i good
at it and what natural inherent gifts do
I have that made me so good at doing
whatever it is that I'm good at doing I
hope this video was helpful to you so
thank you so much for watching I will be
continuing this channel and this is
actually the first episode of this
channel stay tuned for the next one it
will be same time next week
you