Know How To Use Your List of Gifts & Talents?
A List of Things You Are Great At
"Okay, so once I have this list of my gifts and talents, what do I do with it?" I asked Star, curious as to what she would say.
"Well, that's a good question. Let me ask you one in return. If you had a list of the things you were great at, what would you do with it?"
" A list of things I am Great at?"
"Yeah."
"I don't know. Celebrate? No. I don't know. I can't even imagine such a list, let alone what I would do with it." I answered.
Okay. Fair enough. How would such a list make you feel?"
"About ten feet tall," I answered. "Or like I had won the local lottery." Hmm. Maybe I wasn't that far off about the therapist's couch. This was gettin' a bit touchy, feelie.
"So why would it make you feel that way? What about your life would be different?" Star asked gently.
"Well," I replied. "I would know more about myself. Something valuable. Useful. Heck, knowing what you are great at would be pretty awesome."
"And what about your life might change?" she asked.
"Well, I might want to do something different ... with my life ... or my job. If I knew what I was great at, I might want to change jobs, go after something I love to do instead of just earning a paycheck."
"See, you do have an idea what you might use the list for ... Take a look at this list of ideas and see if it makes sense to you." Star handed me a piece of paper with ideas.
