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Talent

Everyone is born with talent, but not all can discover, promote, and use their talent. As a strategic resource, it is easy to build your success by using your talent. Your talent creates your brand and provides a thriving environment for your success.

“You have a unique talent and a unique way of expressing it. There is something that you can do better than anyone else in the whole world, and for every unique talent and unique expression of that talent, there are also unique needs. When these needs are matched with the creative expression of your talent, that is the spark that creates affluence. Expressing your talents to fulfill needs creates unlimited wealth and abundance.”

Deepak Chopra, Md|Author of Metahuman: Unleashing Your Infinite Potential Hardcover

The Creative Power of Talent

The architect of talent and success operates like the north and south poles of the magnet. They attract each other because it is designed naturally to work like that. You attract success by using your talent because it is the area that you are good at. The area with the high ability and best performance adds value to anything you do.       The talent carries your unique potential and ability that makes you the best in anything you do.  

How to Discover your Talent

Do you know what your talent is? If the answer is “Yes,” go directly and start developing your talent. If the answer is “No,” use the following techniques to discover what you are good at or what you can do best. Everyone is born with the ability to be good at something. These approaches and techniques include listening to your heart, exploring things you used to do during your childhood, and listening to parents, teachers, and mentors.

Approach 1. Listen to your heart

Your heart understands more about what you’re good at doing. If you are not working in the area where you are good at, you might experience some complaints in yourself. Sometimes your heart tells you why are you wasting time in this job or business? Why should you try or work in that job or business? Most of the time, we are not open to listening to our hearts. We listen mostly to our minds and keep doing things without considering if we are good at it or not. You limit yourself to achieving the best by using the power of your talent for not being open to listening to your heart. Take time and work on yourself, assess what you are good at doing by using the following steps and techniques:

1. Invest your time and be in a private environment. Tune yourself to listen to your heart. Listen and scan which job or service you’re good at doing. The job or service that you perform the best. List all jobs or services that you think you are good at doing.  
2. Among the jobs or services you listed in step 1, choose two jobs or services that you are good at 
3. Among the two jobs or services you listed in step 2, choose one job or service you do the best. 
4. Give the reason why you think you are the best at the job or service you have chosen in step 3. If you are 100% honest of your choice, you have discovered your talent.

Approach 2. Explore things you used to do during your childhood

Explore your childhood and search for what you were good at doing. There were activities you were good at as a child. Use the following steps and techniques to discover your talent; 

1. Invest your time and be in a private environment. Tune yourself to your childhood. Listen and scan which activities you were good at doing. List all activities that you think you were good at doing.
2. Among the activities, you listed in step 1, choose two that you were good at doing. 
3. Among the two activities, you listed in step 2, choose one that you were the best. 
4. Give the reason why you think you were the best at the activity you have chosen in step 3. If you are 100% honest with your choice, you have discovered your talent.

Approach 3. Listen to others

Your parents, friends, teachers, and mentors can spot what you are good at doing. Ask your parents, friends, teachers, and mentors. They will tell you what you are good at doing. Invest your time and willpower to determine what activities teachers always chose you to do when you were at school. Look at what activities you did very well and received compliments from teachers and parents. Use the following steps and techniques to discover your talent. 

1. Explore and ask your parents, friends, teachers, and mentors and list activities that you are good at doing.
2. Among the jobs or services you listed in step 1, choose two that you are good at doing.
3. Among the two activities, you listed in step 2, choose one that you are the best. 
4. Give the reason why you think you are the best at the job or service you have selected in Step 3. If you are 100% honest with your choice, you have discovered your talent.

Sharpen your Talent

Have you developed and promoted your talent? If the answer is “Yes,” go directly to the use of talent. If the answer is “No,” use the following techniques to sharpen your talent. An important thing to keep in mind is to reorganize that “you’re the best and you have a unique talent” It is essential to set your standard high and find successful people to guide you. Set the performance and financial goals for your talent. Having a clear picture of what you want to accomplish by using your ability is to declare the end from the beginning. Sharpening your talent gives you more power to live your Vision. The best performance of your talent is a result of the action you take every day to sharpen it. Use the following approaches and techniques to sharpen and promote your talent;

Approach 1. Learn from successful people 

Search for successful people with talent like yours and learn from them. You will have an excellent opportunity to learn and sharpen your talent if you stay in the presence of successful people with related and similar talents. 

Approach 2. Learn by using social media platforms

The internet has provided you with free resources that you can use to learn, develop, and brand your talent. Use the internet to access eBooks, newsletters, journals, motivational speeches, recorded online training, and other online materials to learn, develop, and brand your talent. Use the power of social media, which includes YouTube, Google, Instagram, and Facebook. LinkedIn also provides an excellent opportunity to connect with successful people online, follow them, ask more questions, and learn more.

Approach 3. Practice more

Once you have learned and gained all you need, practice more to sharpen your talent. Self-practice helps you to learn continuously, get more skills and techniques that will unlock your ability and potential. It builds your confidence and enables you to master your talent. The more you practice, the more you learn, the more you become useful in mastering your talent.

Promote and use your Talent

Let your audience or target market understand your abilities and potential. The internet has made it easy. Use it to promote your talent, create interest, and generate sales. Use social media such as YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, and others to inform your target market about the products or services created by using your talent.  The power of social media More than 4.6[1] billion people worldwide use the internet every day at an average of 6 hours and 43 seconds. Invest your time and willpower to improve the use of the internet and do what you love to promote your talent. 

The power of Facebook

Promote your talent by using Facebook and reach more than 2.6 billion people using this platform for 58 minutes per day[2]. If you love to use Facebook, improve the use of Facebook to promote your talent. 

The power of Instagram

Promote your talent by using pictures to reach more than 1 billion people using Instagram at an average of 53 minutes per day[3]. If you love to use the Instagram platform, improve the use of Instagram to promote your talent.

The power of YouTube

Promote your talent by using a video model and reach more than 2 billion people on Youtube[4]. If you love to use the Youtube platform, improve the use of Youtube to promote your talent.

The power of LinkedIn

Promote your talent with a professional platform and reach more than 900 million professionals in more than 200 countries worldwide[5]. If you love to use the LinkedIn platform, improve the use of LinkedIn to promote your talent.

The power of Twitter

Promote your talent with the Twitter platform and reach more than 330 million people every month[6]. If you love to use the Twitter platform, improve the use of Twitter to promote your talent.

The power of WhatsApp

Promote your talent by using the WhatsApp platform and reach more people at your command. If you love to use the WhatsApp platform, improve the use of WhatsApp to promote your talent.

[1] https://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm - March 3, 2020

[2] Zephoria Digital Marketing: Facebook Statistics – June 2020 updates

[3] Statista 2020: Instagram Users – April 2020 Updates

[4] https://www.youtube.com/about/press/: 2020

[5] https://about.linkedin.com/: 2020 Updates

[6] Statista 2020: Twitter Users

Source: 3 x 7 x 21 Success Formula