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The Courage to Be Brilliant
Posted on August 1st, 2010 5 comments
The Courage to Be Brilliant
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure…We ask ourselves, `Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?’ Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn’t serve the world.” —Marianne Williamson
The most responsible — yet most challenging — thing to do is to face up to your natural talents. It is an honor to have such blessings. Do not waste them. Step up to the potential inherent in your talents and find ways to develop your strengths. Be true to yourself by becoming more of who you really are.
This advice is easy to give and difficult to practice. It is easier when working with a trained professional coach. Working with your coach can make it easier for you to identify your talents and strengths. There are also a number of online self-assessments available to help. Once your five top strengths are identified, you can examine how they show up in your life.
It is a process of a few steps back, a few steps forward, and learning as you go. It is not the same as book learning. The only way to learn about your strengths is to act, learn, refine, and then act, learn, refine. Open yourself to feedback. This means you must be strong and courageous. Personal development is not for sissies.
Discovering your true strengths is the path towards improvement and success. When you pay attention to your deficits and try to overcome them, you are placing emphasis on becoming what you are not. You wind up living a second-rate version of someone else’s life rather than a world-class version of your own.
Have a Great Week!
4 responses to “The Courage to Be Brilliant”
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This is an excellent post! And so true. One hears a lot about the fear of failure, but I suffer from a fear of success and your post gave credence to how I feel much of the time. A coach, a professional coach, is a great help.
Thank you for this post.
Peggy Larson
Quilting – Colors and Fun! -
Terrific post on the courage to be brilliant, especially near the end when you mention not spending too much time trying to improve weaknesses versus focusing on your strengths & natural skills.
Michael
The Success Secrets -
Great post. Many years ago I took a personal assessment that I found very helpful. The assessment involved a series of tests designed to ascertain innate abilities. Some examples of what the assessment tested are dexterity, ability to remember the meaning of words, music memory, ability to differentiate between musical tones, ability to tell the difference between shades of color, ability to work with numbers, etc. The test took place over 2 days. I found it to be quite revealing. The challenge, after finding out what one’s natural abilities are, is putting those abilities to use in one’s profession and/or daily life. The folks that administer the series of tests say that utilizing one’s natural talents leads to “satisfaction” with life. Neglecting those natural talents leaves one with a feeling of incompleteness, or dissatisfaction with life.
Health, Fitness for Working People — Darryl Pace
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Hi Lynn,
Indeed, aiming for our personal brilliance is imperative in life. Choosing the right people for us to associate with and our life partner who is aligned with this is essential when dating and mating and all of our most important relationships, don’t you find?
Happy Dating and Relationships,
April Braswell
Dating After 40 Expert
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Peggy Larson August 2nd, 2010 at 00:48