The Expert In You

Self esteem is important. Feeling good about who you are and
having confidence in yourself is something everyone should do,
but many don’t. The problem often lies in that they try to do
something when they’re younger and fail at it. If it happens more
than once, they begin to lose confidence in their abilities and too
many times, never gain it back.
Often, self esteem keeps us from reaching our goals. If you don’t
feel good about yourself, you often don’t realize things you’re good
at. When you’re told negative things about yourself from
childhood, it’s hard to turn those feelings around. It’s time you stop
giving yourself a pity party. Open your eyes. Dig deep inside
yourself and discover what it is that makes you special. You can
do it!
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How to Find Your Expertise
You may be saying, “You don’t know me. I don’t have anything I’m
good at.” You can say that until you’re blue in the face, and I’ll
never believe it. Why? It’s simple. I’ve been there and done that.
I’d say at one point in our lives everyone has felt like they’re not
good at anything. It’s time to get over that negative self-talk and
move on to finding that talent that is buried within you.
There are several ways to find out what your expertise is. Of
course, if your opinion is that you can’t do anything, don’t rely on
yourself for impartial judgment on that. You are, however, a good
place to start.
Will you be good at everything you try…of course not! No one is
good at everything. You can find what you are good at though.
Maybe you love the theater. You may have a life-time dream of
being an actor/actress. The problem is…you can’t act. Acting is a
talent. You either have it or you don’t. Sometimes you can take
every class or training course there is in a subject, and know that
you’ll never be more than mediocre at it. Does that mean you still
can’t work doing something you love? NO—you just have to look
at the alternatives.
Maybe you’re a good organizer and planner. Maybe that dream
you have of being an actor/actress gives you a vision. Instead of
wasting money on acting lessons, you can train to be a director. If
you like to like writing, maybe you can write scripts. Maybe you’re
a master builder and you can build stage sets. I’m sure you
understand what I’m trying to tell you. Take what you’re good at
and work it into something you feel passionate about. Then, you’ll
enjoy your work. You’ll be better at it, and feel better about
yourself.
This book will help you discover what your talents are and teach
you how to take those talents and monetize on them. Make
money doing something you love.
• What are you good at? Life doesn’t come with instructions.
There’s no genie that’s going to pop out of a bottle and tell
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you what you’re good at. You have to figure that out for
yourself. Often it’s a process of trial and error. Ironically, we
find out what we’re good at many times by eliminating what
we’re not good at. We learn from our mistakes as much as
we learn from our successes.
It’s up to you to take the first step. You have to decide that
you know you’re good at something and start down the road
to determining exactly what that something is. You have
some skill that you’re passionate about that you can turn into
profit. It’s time you set out to find it.
To begin the process of determining what you’re good at,
write everything down. Get a piece of paper and a pen and
start writing down anything you do well. The key here is to
not forget the little things. Everyone knows if they’re good at
big things, like the singing example used earlier, but the little
things are often neglected. Are you a good listener? Do you
work well with people? Are you an organizer? Are you good
with numbers? Do you like planning things like parties? Are
you compassionate toward others? Do you have a hobby
you’re good at? Maybe you’re good with languages. The list
is practically endless.
Maybe there’s something on your current job that you’ve
been told you’re good at. Does your supervisor ask you to
head committees? Have you never been short on your
drawer if you’re a cashier? Is everything cleaner when you
do it? Maybe you’re good at seeing the overall picture and
spotting errors quickly in print or lists of numbers. I’m sure
you’ve been told by your supervisor ...