O's 4-Step Guide to Discovering Who You're Meant to Be
It's about figuring out what you're great at, what it takes to keep you moving forward, and exactly what you need to succeed.
Illustration by Monika Aichele
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2. Take Stock of Your Strengths
Identifying your true talents isn't always easy. The trick: Let someone else do it for you.
How often have you gotten a compliment on your creativity or your patience or your resilience, only to wave it off, assuming that these strengths must come easily to everyone? In my 30 years as a lifestyle/career coach and author, the mistake I see people make time and again is failing to recognize their talents. An honest inventory may be difficult—even impossible—for you to do yourself. So sit with a friend and try this exercise. It's a new twist on something I call the Self-Correcting Life Scenario, and it's one of my favorites.
—Barbara Sher
Try it now: 6 steps to identifying your true talents
Need help coming up with personality strengths?
These words may provide some inspiration.
Next: Find out what drives you
From the
November 2011 issue of
O, The Oprah Magazine
