We all have gifts that we can share with the world, and one of the greatest tragedies is that we don’t. We keep ourselves small, we are self-deprecating and lack 100% self belief – and the world loses. You think I’m exaggerating? Well, let’s forget about this ‘just’ being about you for a minute, and think of everyone you know. How many of them are sharing their gifts with the world? Now think about the people that you don’t know, and the impact of all these people not sharing their gifts…trust me, the world loses.
The world is a slightly less shiny happy place without your gifts…and without the gifts of hundreds of thousands of people, well you can see the darkness creeping in. We all have many gifts, and our ability to share them is often blocked because we can’t see how wonderful we are! The good news is that you don’t necessarily need to realise how amazing you are when you begin.
Most of the authors, coaches, leaders that I admire still don’t appreciate just how fantastic they are, and when they started, for many of them their biggest challenge was to overcome their lack of self belief! Are you really so different from them? I love getting compliments from readers and clients – but what I know that they don’t always is that they are just as capable as me of sharing their gifts with the world. No one person is ‘better than’ another – we are all fabulous, some of us just don’t realise it yet!
So how do you find your gifts, if you have no idea how talented and amazing you are? Start looking for things that you enjoy doing, things that other people seek you out for, things that you do without really thinking. You may be a fabulous listener, a good ‘solutions’ person, very positive, very funny, good at telling jokes, good at practical things, good at fixing things, good with kids, a terrific flirt Start small – start with day to day, “little things” that make a big difference – think of the little things others do that make you feel good – a smile, a kind word, a silly joke – each of these things is a gift.
Look beyond ‘nothing’ to find your gifts – trust me, you have MANY. How do I know that you are not the only person in the world that has no gift? Because I know that no one on this planet is devoid of gifts. I know that within each and every one of us is a shining bundle of magnificence just bursting to get out! And I know that until you can find your gifts and let them out into the world, you will always feel that you could do more, be more. And you can!
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Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is twofold. Number one, find something you are good at, and share it. Number two, find something that someone else is good at, and tell them that they are wonderful. If this twofold mission feels good, rinse and repeat.
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