Trying to do what you’re not good at is like trying to fly if you’re a rock; it can only be done with the help of others.
Rocks are great at lying still on the ground. If a rock gets the ambition to fly, it will need some help with that, like someone picking it up and throwing it. We work the same way.
For instance, you have to do your taxes, but there’s a good chance that you don’t like the task. Instead of trying to be the accountant that you are not, delegate tax preparation to someone who actually tolerates it.
Consider the things you can’t delegate like your job. Does the work at your job come naturally to you, or must you force yourself through its daily tasks? Are you the square peg wedging into the job’s round hole? Is there something you’d be better at, and how can you profit and sustain yourself by doing it? Yesterday, I left my Information Technology job of nine years after admitting that it doesn’t fully utilize my abilities. I’m moving my career to software design and development, specifically mobile apps, whose creativity and precision should be a better fit.
Do what you’re good at. That’s the inspiration for this blog. Analogies come naturally to me, so I am channeling that here as a creative exercise.
Completing an aptitude test at the Johnson O’Connor Research Foundation validated strengths I was aware of and exposed new ones to me. Contact them for a test if you’re searching for what you’re good at. Or if you already know your strengths, how did they become apparent to you?
So, change your goals or get a slingshot.
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