Unlock Your Hidden Talents: How Recognising and Using Your Natural Abilities Can Bring Joy, Purpose, and Fulfilment to Your Life

Recognising and Valuing Your Talent

How often have you met people with fantastic talent and done nothing with it? How many times did you see people being dismissive of their talent? It always seems to happen, and they do not even realise it. Most of the time, they think they need to be good at something else. That thing their sister, friend or parent excels at. We tend to dismiss our talent as something average mainly because it does not cost energy to do it. So how can something be valuable if it feels like it doesn’t require hard work? 

It’s precisely the opposite; something can not be talent if it does not give you energy while you are doing it. Someone else told me I have a visionary talent; I didn't even realise it. I thought it was a hobby. So if you see someone with a talent, tell them so. It is a precious gift. But, unfortunately, another roadblock can appear when you recognise that you have a talent. You can feel that your talent is too big, too scary, and you are fighting it and fighting not to use your talent.

Overcoming Roadblocks in Using Your Talents

If that happens, that means that you are looking at your talent as something that gives a specific result, and that result can be very intimidating. The alternative is to stop imagining a result. The reality is that when you use your talent, it gives you energy, follow it, and any development is good. So now you have recognised your talent, and you are using it or starting to. What tends to happen next is that we have a job where our talent seems useless or inapplicable. This is because our talents are more complex to use daily. Well, know this: there is only one who is as knowledgeable in the use of your talent as yourself.

By using your talents, you will find new ways to use them and new ways to apply them. Often by combining it with your other talents.

Could you give me an example? A person I met was working as a consultant for corporate companies in transformative projects. She had a talent for drawing and a talent for capturing the essence. Now she uses that to capture the body in an image so that the people in the organisations understand the project's goals very quickly, and she gets paid to do it.

Embracing Your Talent and Finding Fulfillment

Some people say my hobby is my job; well, what they mean is that they are using their talents and getting paid for it, and it fills them with energy. Find your way to apply your talents to what you want to achieve; no matter your talent, there is always a way to apply it. When you start to apply your talent, the next hurdle can happen. Using a talent can feel like something personal and intimate, putting yourself out there at risk of ridicule. When that happens, that is normal. Everyone has it to a degree, certainly when you are just starting to use it. Just focus on the fact that it gives you energy and excludes all else, and then those feelings will begin dissipating.

If you recognise yourself or others on this path, know that every time you use your talent, there is joy and an inflow of energy. It is the path to finding happiness, purpose and fulfilment in life.

If you know people or are stuck on a particular part of this journey, feel free to reply.