We are all blessed with innate talents and skills that enable us to live productive and fulfilling lives. It can often be challenging to figure out what those talents are. However, when it comes to your chosen work and career path, it is vital to turn those innate talents and skills into a guide to selecting the best career path or business to start.
The Bible tells us to work with our hands (1 Thessalonians 4:11), so we must have work that we are wired to do and enjoy doing simultaneously.
Some people discover their talents early in life, while others don’t discover theirs until later in life. However, suppose you still need to find your innate talent or abilities. In that case, this post will pose some questions to help you discover your talent and skills. In addition, remember most of us have more than one ability.
The definition of ability is (talent, skill, or proficiency in a particular area).
Top Tips To Help You To Discover Your Innate Ability
Reflect On Your Childhood: To discover your innate ability or talent, think back to when you were a child; what was your favorite activity to do? These activities may include playing doctor, or astronaut, playing with trains and airplanes, pretend cooking, or building legos. In addition, there is painting, playing instruments, inquisitiveness asking in-depth questions, and fascination with animals – I hope you get the point. The very activity you loved doing as a child could give you a general insight into what God has placed inside you in terms of natural ability.
Reflect on your childhood and think about what you loved doing, and that could be what you were created to do career-wise or as a business.
What Were Your Favourite Subjects In School: Think back to elementary or high school; what were your favorite subjects? Was it English, maths, geography, social studies, arts, history, music, foreign language, or physical education?
For example, suppose science was your favorite subject – In that case, you may be interested in working as a chemist, engineer, or researcher. In addition, you can narrow down your career path with a few personal details.
So say you are interested in science and are also fascinated with plants. You may then look into becoming a botanist. Another example is if you love to debate and have instinctual ways to solve problems, you may start a political career.
What Is Your Favorite Hobby: Reflect on your favorite hobby, which could tell you your innate ability. Also, your hobby is an activity you can do effortlessly; you enjoy doing it, and it is often relaxing. In addition, pay attention to what you love doing, which makes you zone out (in a good way) – that could help tell you what your innate talent is.
Remember, most people have more than one innate ability. Examples of hobbies gifted to us may include
- Sewing
- Language learning
- Jewelry making
- Carpentry
- Graphic design
- Crafting
- Writing stories
- Fixing cars
- Tutoring
- Video editing
- Investing
- Landscape design
In short, your hobby could point to your innate abilities, and you could turn that hobby into work. If you enjoy a particular activity, turn it into work and help others with your skills.
What Is Your Purpose: Ask yourself how you see yourself helping others. List things you can do to make other people’s lives easy. What would you say your purpose in life is? (It is imperative to seek God for Him to reveal to you what your mission in life is)
Volunteer Work: What work would it be if you had to choose a career and not get paid for it? Your choice will be a strong indication of what your innate ability could be.
What Are Your Skill Set: Your skill set is your range of skills and
abilities. Here are examples of skills that are innate to us.
- Creativity
- Teamwork
- Leadership
- Conflict resolution
- Problem-solving
- Analytical thinking
- communications
- Divergent thinking
- Convergent thinking
- Attention to details
- Integrity
- Punctuality
Answering these questions may help you identify your innate ability.
Have you discovered what your innate talents are?
Are you using your innate ability in your career or your business?
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