Tuesday, January 18, 2005
Am going canoeing..
woOohOoos..
been monthss!! sincee... nationals?
gonna be seeing ard 20 new faces for the orientation later.
hahs. unlike last year, our recruitment was so much better!
girls and guys all enthusiastically went forward to sign up for this trials.
gees.
wells.. guess da fate of the existing team is depending alot on these 20+ freshmen.
just finished my stack of event order..
weddings are rushing in before chinese new year to avoid the 'widow year'
last minute functions in every now and then.
>.< just one word to describe everything.. busy.
thank god dat im on 1/2 day leave.
lOls. gonna be knocking off in less than an hr's time. =)!
looking forward for this friday's ph!!
alright,
enough. =x
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Discover Your Talents
How do you figure out what you were meant to do? How do you know what
you're really good at?
Most of us don't know. People are quick to point out our weaknesses and
most of us in childhood and onwards were pushed toward shoring up our
weaknesses rather than identifying our strengths and working on them.
This neglect of our strengths makes us believe that they either aren't
there or are too mediocre to mention.
Do you do something well, but because it comes so easily to you, you
write it off as something everyone can do and no big deal? This happens
all too often with talents. Talents are innate, and just because it
comes naturally to you doesn't mean it does to everyone else.
Think about what you liked to do as a child. Reading? Writing? Teaching?
Acting? Helping others? These are clues. Ask your parents what drove
them nuts about you when you were little. What couldn't you help doing?
Taking things apart, maybe? Or banging on things? What about an
obsession with colouring things?
Think about what you like to do when you have a choice. What do you do
in your spare time? Do other people tend to remark that it's a worthless
hobby? Something that will not earn a decent living? Well, things of
ways to make it your living! There is no skill that can't be put to good
use.
What would you do even if you weren't paid to do it? You may already be
doing it for free. One way to try out a talent is to do volunteer work
where you get to use a new skill and see how it feels.
What activity do you 'get lost in'. You start doing it - like working on
your car, or talking with someone about a pet topic - and four hours
later when you come to, you realise you've missed your lunch and your 2
o'clock appointment. What absorbs you fully?
Take notice of what you learn quickly. You may be given an assignment at
work and almost instantly excel at it. That's a sign that it's pulling
on an innate talent.
Spending some time investigating your natural talents can pay off
handsomely in the long run.
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