It’s funny how we overlook our talents…
Because we forget that our gifts are different from everyone else’s gifts.
Let me give you an example. I’m an active, practicing massage therapist specialising in Myofascial Release Technique. And sometimes I forget to mention this.
Partially it’s because I think I’m sure you know that already, because some people reading this have known me for a very, very long time. But there are people here who might not have been working with me for decades (literally decades!).
You might think of me as a coach, possibly a slightly hard to define coach, who likes to get you walking around barefoot, breathing to regulate your nervous system and creating handy dandy worksheets to control the chaos of life with.
And you’d be right.
BUT
I’m more than that. I specialise in bringing you, your thoughts and your beliefs back into alignment with your body.
That’s my secret sauce. It’s the integration of the physical with the mental and the emotional. Because when you’re feeling settled in your body you become capable of sitting with emotional discomfort, you’re able to focus on the work at hand and you can get a much better handle on all those pesky stressors.
That’s why I offer Slink – my programme that gives you all the benefits of focussed, individualised coaching with hands on body work.
But it took me a while to work that out. Because as I said before, it’s really easy to underplay your brilliances.
So, if you’re feeling a bit lost in your career or business, maybe that’s something to think about. What’s the crossover, the intersection no less, between the things you are brilliant at, and the things you enjoy doing – this may or may not be work related.
For bonus points, are you comfortable with being asked to think about being brilliant at something? Do you kind of want to brush it off? Are you instantly back footed and faced with the thought that you’re NOT brilliant at ANYTHING? If so, I lovingly call your humbleness out. It’s not just okay to understand your gifts, it’s a bona fide NECESSITY.
Now, I appreciate that it can be a scary necessity – but think of it this way (and I’m assuming you’re around the same age as me) You can spend the next half of your life feeling mildly satisfied/dissatisfied. You can spend the next half of your life thinking ‘maybe one day I will’.
But at some point you’re going to run out of days.
If you’ve been here a while, you’ll know that one of my favourite films is Baz Luhrman’s Strictly Ballroom. If for no other reasons than the fire in Fran’s eyes when she shouts (in Spanish) “A life lived in fear is a life half lived”. All hail that!
So grab your gifts, your talents, your passions and your loves. Stop shoving your genius back down. Go do the thing that lights you up.
You’ve got the gifts, you have much more fun if you use them.