Bank on Exceptionality

As I write this, I think of how many dreamers and wishful thinkers we have in this jet age. Active in my thought now is the number of people trying to be who they are not created to be. I hope it’s not strange to you when children identify someone they want to be like in the future. Can you remember you once did? This generation of ours is that in which cross-carpeting of personality has been the order of the day.

Do you know what? It is a complete truth that there are no two people on earth. There is no one like you. Trust me on that statement. I said in my first book “Legendary” that as far as human being is concerned, there is nothing called ‘identical’. We can have some feature in common, but we are not the same. There are clear distinguishing factors even between the people we call ‘identical’. The only way you can prove to the world that you are different from others is by manifesting your tool of exceptionality.

Your gift is vital to your achievements in life. It is not ambiguos to say that you cannot get far in life until you discover your natural gifts. There are many people that have passed through the earth without discovery what their talent is.I love it when Benjamin Franklin said “Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?”

Interestingly, the tragedy of life is that many of us die with our music still unplayed. There is nothing that can be as good as the early discovery of your gifts and talents. I use to say that life is too broad for you to function everywhere. A niche has already been carved for everyone before we made our way into planet earth. What lies undone is the search involved for the discovery. It may interest you to know that we all cannot be well fitted into all strata of life.

The following questions will help you in the discovery of your real personality. Do answer them sincerely.

• What problem in the world makes you angry and motivates you to get involved? What problem brings you to tears and causes you to feel like you
have to do something about it?
• What were you doing the last time you lost track of time and forgot to eat and sleep?
• What activities, projects, courses of study, jobs, and hobbies bring you the greatest fulfillment and satisfaction?
• What would you do from now on even if you never got paid for doing it?
• What makes you feel great about yourself?
• What are you naturally good at? (Skills, abilities, gifts etc.)
• What do people typically ask you for help in?
• If you had to teach something, what would you teach?
• What would you regret not fully doing, being or having in your life?
• What would you rather be doing right now if you are not studying?