How To Discover Your Talents - COACH STEPHEN

Have you ever thought about discovering your hidden powers and strengths? Are you aware that there are latent powers and abilities that divinity has placed in the inside of you? Let me show you how you can discover your talents in six ways.

-         DRIVE: it all begins with a drive.

Drive can also be called passion or strong desire for something. Until you desire to be a success or to thrive in life, you may never have to do certain things that have the capacity to reveal more about your potentials to you. You can cultivate drive by setting personal goals. You must also make up your mind that you don’t want to live an insignificant life. As long as you desire to accomplish great feat and achieve big dreams in life, you will always have some drive that would take you to certain places and make you do certain things that will reveal more about yourself to you.

-         EXPOSURE: try different things, learn different skills and always try to be active in the affairs of your organization. You cannot be your best when you are always hiding from responsibilities. You cannot be enjoying the luxury of a corner and expect to understand the fullness of what you are capable of. If you want to discover what you can do, get exposure! Find out places and activities that may interest you. Take up leadership roles in different places and try to be the best in them. The more you expose yourself to different challenges the more chances you stand to discover your strengths. Strengths are revealed in that moment when you just have to make something work and you don’t want to accept any excuses.

-         TRIAL AND ERROR: It’s not bad to fail at something. It’s not bad to try your hands on something new or even something you don’t really think you can do. In fact you have no right to say you cannot do something if you’ve not at least given your best shot at that thing and failed after some good number of times. In life, we learn by trial and error- you must do something to see if you can do it. If you got it right, thank goodness you did, but if not, well at least you did give it a try to find out for yourself. The person who tried and failed is more experienced than the one who has not even tried but believes he/she cannot do it.

-         POSITIVE REMARKS: Your talent could show itself in disguise so be prepared to appreciate every little effort or display of potential talent. Has anybody ever told you that you have a way of carrying people along or that you are very good at making people do what they would ordinarily not want to do? It may be a negative or positive compliment but there is a talent there somewhere if you can look beyond the disguise.

-         CHECK YOUR TEMPERMENT: in my temperament seminars I used to teach something I learned from Tim Lahaye the author of why you act the way you do. I teach that people can figure out their career by observing the strengths of their temperaments. In the same vein, people can discover their potential talent by paying attention to how their temperament affects their strengths. This is not always the case but to a very large extent, if you analyze your temperament you can come too close to knowing your talents. Here is my note on that:

TEMPERAMENT AND CAREER

1.      SANGUINES: they are people oriented salesman types who excel in public relations, people-helping, or anything that requires charisma.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES: marketing, advertising, entertainment industry such as music, comedy, Masters of Ceremony and acting. They can be good preachers as well.

They can become historians and diplomats especially when blended with Melancholy. They can be good representative, public or motivational speakers. They suit properly for any environment that requires meeting a public and helping someone in need.

2.      CHOLERIC: they are strong natural leaders that are goal-oriented individuals who like to manage other people and lead some kind of adventurous projects.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES: any job that requires leadership, motivation and productivity. Construction jobs, architecture, project supervisor, foreman, technician, entrepreneurs, sales, teaching in practical subjects, politics, military service and sports. They are best suited for jobs which require industry, hard work and activity.

3.      MELANCHOLY: they are creative, analytical individuals with strong perfectionist tendencies who often have aesthetics traits. No other temperament has a higher IQ, creative or imaginative ability than the Melancholy.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES: composing (songs, plays etc), artistry, music, invention, philosophy, theorizing, theology, sciences, educators. Any vocation that requires perfection, self-sacrifice and creativity is open to the Melancholy. They can be good at designing, drawing, writing, carpentry, engineering, mechanics, bricklaying; music playing etc Melancholies are good actors who can almost play every role because they are naturally good at mimicking people and acting.

4.      PHLEGMATICS: they are cool (quiet, easy-going), detailed individuals who tend to limit themselves. They can do statistical, microscopic work that would drive others berserk.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES: they can help others fulfill their own dreams as such they are good secretaries and personal assistants, elementary school teachers, school administrators, librarians, counselors, college department heads. Phlegmatics can become good at engineering, sanitation experts, chemical engineers, draftsman, mechanical and civil engineering, statistics, carpentry, electricians, plasterers, glass blowers, watch, camera and phone repairers and other jobs requiring efficient management.

Before you rush into conclusions ask yourself the following questions and answer them: What is your temperament? What are the talents you can possibly have based on what your temperament is? Do you have them? How do you know? Have others said the same?

-         EXPERIENCE: knowing your talents is a process of self discovery and it cannot happen overnight. Depending on the kind of person you are and the kind of talent you have, it may take some time for you to discover your talents. It’s a gradual process and if you do what I said in the other points above, then it may not take that much time. As you as you grow up in life, as you widen your experience, and as you begin to see yourself in different contexts and environment, you’ll eventually begin to see and know yourself better than before. Our lives are history books with large volumes; it’s unfair to expect to know everything about yourself in a little time. It doesn’t matter how long it takes, keep digging till you find it. And if you’ve found one, keep digging until you find the rest.

Curled from my new book: UNLEASH YOUR TALENTS. The ebook version is out for sale (on Lulu.com, Amazon Kindle or you can also order it directly from the me at a discount)

STEPHEN MICHAEL is a public speaker, leadership and personal development coach and the author of 7 Secrets to a Quality Life and Unleash Your Potentials. 
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