We
should recognize and acknowledge our talents, only to have the capability to
fully unleash the true potentials hidden within us
It was at
one typical Sunday morning, I woke up super-early just to catch the sunrise on
the hilly terrains of a golf course.
Gazing up
at the skies, I was pondering how great it would be if everyone could choose
what type of person they are, how they wanted to be – at the first place.
Because if we do, we would not have all the excuses to blame on the root of the
problems in the event things go extremely wrong.
Wouldn't it
be amazing if we have all the great chances that come from every part, every
corner of world, and they pop up right in front of us? Just like the air around
us, surrounded by vast spaces and have a limitless extent of boundary.
But life is
not a bed of roses; we cannot just imagine how fortunes will come without us
practically striving for it. Just like the prospect of the money falling from
the skies, it is virtually impossible. If we do
not appreciate the values of the opportunity whenever it comes to us, that
elusive moment would then be a foregone conclusion.
Most of us
do not plan to fail, but fail to plan. I found this phrase from an abstract of
a book and it gave me enlightenment on the importance of self-value in a
person.
All of us
have our own strengths and weaknesses. Growing up in different environment and
culture, everyone do have the unique strengths that play in their hands. Meanwhile,
I feel most of us do have one weakness in common. It is the inability to
pinpoint and understand what type of person we are indeed. We seldom know what
we want and what to expect from others.
Just as the
phrase mentioned goes, most of us fail to plan. The failure in planning is in
the sense we feel dishearten when people criticize us, we feel what others say
are truer than what we think. Why is this
so? It is because we lack the understanding of our key capabilities and inabilities.
Our mental approach plays an integral part when we receive feedbacks about us.
If we do not know what type of person we are, when somebody talk something bad
about us, we tend to believe in. We magnify the weaknesses in our own eyes. In
such circumstances, it is viewed as a self-destruction behavior.
On the
contrary, if we know our strengths and weaknesses well, we know the how-to to
deal effectively with criticisms.
Remember?
When we are kids, our parents still encourage us even though make mistakes. But
the moment we grow up and stepped into the society, nobody will care about us
just like how our parents did.
In the working
world, everyone seemed to be so materialistic and power hungry. They will find
even the tiniest of flaws in our work and make us feel extremely bad. In fact,
it is worth realizing the fact that not all the comments made by our bosses or colleagues
on us are necessarily the right call.
Strange but
true, our mindsets and perception constantly affect the way of our thinking. For
example, if we think we are capable enough to complete a task, we are certainly
up to it. At the end of the day, it is the belief that determines the fruit of
success.
Knowing
how-to and really putting your hands to do something are entirely different
agendas. If you know how to operate a machine, it does not mean you know the
loops and holes in it because you do not use it. Although
you do not have first-hand knowledge on that machine but still try to explore
the gimmicks behind it, would put you in a better situation than the former’s
case.
Similarly,
if we know our key strengths already, why not we maximize our talents in that
specific area? We do not want to be at the wrong place at the wrong time.
Because if we are specialized in cooking, definitely we should not go for baking classes. Just like how an exponential graph look like, the longer you
take to realize your strengths, the distance between you and your goals grow
multiple folds.
One of the
happiest things that ever happened to us would be the people around us are
aware of our existence. They are aware of how important we are and how great
the impacts we bring to their lives.
Being able
to achieve that is already worth millions of Christmas. If you feel you are
already in that category or more than that, then congratulations! You can pop
your confetti because it gives you something good to celebrate.
By: Vincent Ti
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