Unlock Your Talents

Myself @aspiya From #Bangladesh

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Greetings Splendid Individuals

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Today, I am filled with enthusiasm as I prepare to take part in the "Unlock Your Talents" competition orchestrated by @mostofajaman. This competition provides an excellent chance to contemplate the distinctive talents that define our individuality. Talents include more than simply inherent abilities; they encompass the fervor that propels us, the ingenuity that motivates us, and the delight that enhances our lives.

Distinguish between skills and talents?

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As much as I believe that skills and talents are two different things, it is although one is a subset of the other. Skills are the learned capacities to do something using knowledge, energy, and time to enhance the expertise in that particular area. For example, playing a musical instrument or acquiring a new language entails a lot of practice and determination.

On the other hand, talents refer to capacities that people render naturally implying that they are inborn and do not require anyone’s specific training. Such may consist of an innate talent to make art, rhythm in one’s body or mind, and problem-solving ability. Talents are, to a very large extent, inherited endowments and thus can be trained to a certain extent.

To summarize, skills are gradually acquired and improved, while talents are inborn and may not need much practice. Both are very significant in the personal and professional development of an individual and enable the person to perform to the best of his/her abilities.

What talents have you been able to uncover?

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In as much as every individual has his or her own potential when I looked back on my developmental process, I realized many potentials that have enhanced my life. The converse of this is a strength that I have been able to develop over the years; interpersonal talents especially in the areas of forming precise bonds have been very useful in my personal and professional life. I have an innate talent for coming up with ideas, designs, or solving problems whether in writing, art, or home-making. Also, creative skills in makeup and culinary arts have emerged to mean creativity and the provision of joy in the form of beautiful appearances and tasty food. Finally, flexibility has enabled me to face resources and deal with the inevitable challenges in life with a positive attitude. These have made me grow and be more confident and issues of purpose and direction have been made clearer to me.

What can or should people do to unleash their talents?

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Releasing one’s potential can help a person achieve his or her potential in life as well as in career. Here are some steps to help uncover and nurture your innate talents:

🔹 Self-Reflection: Devote some thought to what you like to do. Some of the best hobbies can be the activities that seem to have you lose a lot of time, so it’s recommended that people should try to feel for these hobbies often.

🔹Try New Things: Try out some new extracurricular activities, associations or sports. One can stumble upon something he or she is good at when one decides to try out new things.

🔹Seek Feedback: Go around asking people you know; your friends, family, and co-workers what they think you are good at. They suggest that at some time in life, people may fail to notice such skills in themselves but others notice it.

🔹Practice and Persistence: Having realized a talent once, do it frequently. I think talent is the same as any other skill out there that must be nurtured to grow to its potential or stay relevant.

🔹Set Goals: Have specific objectives that are related to one’s strengths. Having goals to work towards and to set also gives a purpose and makes people focus on the ways and means to achieve them.

🔹Surround Yourself with Supportive People: Yield to those who foster you and stand for your success. Optimistic settings play a major role in the identification and development of one’s strengths.

Thus, by developing a set of activities that focuses on your strengths, you may achieve the highest level of self-fulfillment.

If you have any talent then share with us and give an example.

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Looking at the evaluation of my discoveries, several talents have been identified that help me find happiness and meaning in life. Another one of my prized skills is being able to design dresses for myself. I just like it when I am required to come up with different outfits that can suit my personality and at the same time be artistic. Every given design is a reproduction of me hence; the challenge makes the job fulfilling as well as fun.

Other creative activities, such as making things have also been taking a notice in me lately as well. A few days ago I created a lovely mandala artwork, and as an elaborate and repetitive process it let me try new methods of painting and of course, express myself in a new way. Apart from designing the mandalas, this has been not only a form of art but it has also helped me to distress as well.

^{The dress that I wear in this picture is my own design and the mandala artwork also done by me}

Whether dressing design or drawing mandalas, these activities give me a chance to free thinking and to put that ideas into action. It allows me to have purpose and be creative as I never run out of ideas to further expand the potential of the talents that I have.