Do you have secret skills or talents you hide from the world? Most of us do. What are yours and how to you embrace them to enhance your business or career?
We all come into the world with a set of skills and special “know-how” that makes us unique. Unfortunately, we don’t always use these gifts to build our businesses or advance our careers. Sometimes we hide the things we can do out of fear, not wanting to be seen, or because we don’t believe these gifts are valuable to anyone. We can even miss the fact that they are skills at all because they come so natural to us that we don’t realize we have an ability that others don’t.
One of the best ways to enhance your business or excel in your career is to bring these hidden skills into the forefront. Someone needs the natural ability you have and take for granted. You bring a unique perspective to every situation. You have a valuable piece of the puzzle and when you increase your awareness around your special “know-how” and share your valuable wisdom, everyone benefits, and your business or career will soar.
So, what is a hidden skill? Let’s look at a few. Perhaps you have an innate talent for seeing possibilities others don’t see or perhaps you can gather exactly the right people needed on a team to make a project a success. You may possess a natural ability to translate ideas into clear action, or to change the way people think about things, or to be a wealth of ideas or inspiration. All these things are skills, even talents, but they may be so ingrained in who you are that you don’t see them as special and unique.
What if you are the one in the room that has the next brilliant idea or exactly the solution that is needed to solve a problem? Bringing your special skills and talents forward can help you become visible, respected and in demand which will quickly serve to enhance your business or your career.
What Are YOUR Natural Skills?
Can you identify your natural skills and talents? One of the best ways I know to uncover this hidden information is through a reading of your Human Design Chart. Human Design is a system that supports you in cultivating a deep understanding of the most authentic, aligned, and high performing expression of who you are. It empowers you to connect with your unique purpose and to recognize your natural skills and talents.
From these readings, I have witnessed people develop more trust and confidence in themselves, understand how they are designed to operate at their highest level, and recognize characteristics and skills in themselves that are unique and valued in the world.
Are You Using or Hiding Your Natural Skills?
Once you get reacquainted with your natural skills and talents, ask yourself how are you using or not using them? I like to think of this is terms of a 3 position light switch: On/Light, Dim or Off/Dark. We want your skills to be in the “on” position, where you are naturally and effortlessly using your talents everywhere in the world, easily being seen by people, utilized, and appreciated.
But you may have your switch set to “dim”, so your talents aren’t visible by those that need them the most or only visible to a select few people. Finally, you may have gone “dark”, flipping your switch to the “off” position where your skills and talents aren’t visible at all. This can occur when you lack confidence in your abilities, don’t see your skills as special and valuable, or fear you won’t be accepted if you share them openly.
Bringing the whole package that is you to every situation in your life. business, and career feels good. It makes you feel energized, vibrant, and sparks your creativity. This is how you are your best self. Being your best self is how you enhance your life including your business and your career.
Being your true self, your authentic self, is also a key factor in establishing trust with others. People can feel your energy and if your actions don’t match the energy they feel, they may feel they have to be cautious in their dealings with you whether business or personal. You know that people do business with people they know, like and trust. How can you achieve that level of trust in a relationship if you hide the real you?
It takes a lot less energy to be yourself, than it does trying to be something you’re not or hiding who you truly are. Hiding can lead to exhaustion and burnout which ultimately makes you feel like you want to hide more. And the worst part is that people see through you anyway.
Break The Cycle of Hiding Your Talents
To break the cycle of hiding, to find and express who you are, to find all your hidden skills and talents, and to feel confident putting yourself out in the world, I encourage you to explore your Human Design with a trained Human Design Specialist who can not only read your chart but can coach you around how to put your new knowledge into action in your life, business, or career. Exploring this information, embracing it, and living it can empower you to find greater business success. advance your career, and live a life filled with satisfaction and joy.
