Welcome to the age where money-making is the sole purpose in life. Gone are those days when happiness and satisfaction took precedence over money-making.
Although money is an important aspect in life, it seems to have lost its true value.
Money has become the means and the end. People around have forgotten to be happy and content with what they have.
The real question now is, are you really happy? Are you doing what you love to do? If your answer is no, then you have lost your soul to the rut of life’s journey.
It is now time to sit back and ponder over a life gone by and what you can do for yourself in the future. It is time to rekindle your lost talents and shape them to lead a satisfying life.
Rekindling your talents does not mean you have to put a stop to your education goals or change your career path. It simply means putting your hobbies or talents in motion.
A student’s life is hectic no doubt. However, always remember that there is always time for joy and happiness in a day, every day.
It is your talents and hobbies that give you the most satisfaction. Being satisfied and content in life is very important. Especially, today, in a fast-paced world like ours.
You might be in a situation where you are stuck in the routine of studying. This gives you little time to think of other activities that interest you.
A prolonged situation like this can lead to frustration at one point in time. Don’t let yourself be caught in this vicious circle. Find time to ignite your passion.
Sometimes, you may be so engrossed in the mundane routine that you have forgotten about your talents. It is now time to discover your passion and rush behind it. Unbox your talents now and discover your true calling.
12 Awesome Ways of How You Can Discover Your Hidden Talents
1. Identify Your Strengths and Weakness
One of the foremost methods of how you can identify your natural talents is by identifying your strengths and weaknesses.
If you dig into your strengths you might find your hidden talents connected to them. For example, your strength is your handwriting.
You have artistic handwriting. Dig deeper you might also have a knack for calligraphy or drawing. It might be a talent you never even realised you had.
2. Listen to Your Inner Self
Another way to identify your talents is to listen to what your inner self tells you. Many times, in the rut of life, we forget to listen to what our own bodies and mind want. Life becomes so busy that you have no time for yourself.
Take time to listen to what your mind wants. It may lead you to a treasure box of hidden talents.
3. Relax and Unwind
Give your mind a rest from the outside world. While you unwind and relax your mind looks at things that give you happiness. Maybe a hidden talent?
4. Ponder Over Your Past
The first way of how to discover your hidden talents is to sit back and think about your past. Your childhood memories are where the answer lies. Think about what you did in your past that made you happy and content.
You can also look at your school photos or yearbook. Go through your old certificates. Find out what you were so good at that you received awards for it.
You can go through your old reports and marks sheets from school. Running through these can help you remember what you were good at.
You might have been good at sports, or English or science. Any information from the past can spark an interest in the future.
5. Make a List
You can make a list of all the things that make you happy. Maybe writing makes you happy or even gardening. Jot down all the things that make you happy.
It is one of the first steps to getting you to think of your hidden talents and a step towards making you happy.
Have you heard of the famous song “Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens” from the award-winning movie Sound Of Music” The song talks about thinking of all those things that make you feel happy and that’s just what you need to do at this stage.
Raindrops on roses
And whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles
And warm woollen mittens
These are a few of my favourite things.
You might think about what all this has to do with finding your hidden talents, but it does. Writing all the things that make you happy will eventually lead you to find your hidden talent.
As Sri Sri Ravishankar says “Never underestimate your life. It is most precious. You never know what talents are hidden within you and what you have to offer to the world.”
6. Personality Test
Another method of how to find your hidden talent is to attempt a couple of online personality assessments. These personality tests help you to gauge your potential and skills.
A tried personality test method is the MBTI or the Meyer and Briggs Type Indicator.
The MBTI is a self-report or self-analysis of your psychological state. It is an indicator of how you perceive the world and how you make decisions.
Apart from the MBTI, there are several free online personality tests that help you assess your personality.
7. Enquire Around
Sometimes, you may not know yourself, what you are capable of. Others around you may be able to help you here. Your family friends and other close acquaintances may be able to tell you what you are good at and how you can improve and take your talent forward.
Ask around. You never know what you may discover. Sometimes others may have the ability to find the hidden talent that you never knew you had.
Quoting Xavier Atencio, animator and imaginer for the Walt Disney Company “I didn’t even know I could write music, but somehow Walt did.
He tapped my hidden talents” (Walt referring to Mr. Walter Elias Disney, pioneer of the American animation industry)
8. Money Talks
You may not believe it, but jotting down what you spend the most money on in a month, may be an effective way of finding out your hidden talent.
For example, you may spend more on gardening tools in a month or on baking items. This gives you a hint at what you like to do. You may like gardening or baking. You may be nurturing a talent without actually knowing it.
If you spend a lot on going to the gym you may have the knack for fitness and athletics. This is a unique method of how to discover your hidden talents.
You can download an expense tracking app on your mobile. This can help you track your expenses easily.
9. Cues from Others
Sometimes the encouragement comes from outside of your circle. Looking at others nurturing their talents may encourage you to do the same. Take cues or signals from others around you.
At times, the situation you are put in helps you to find your hidden talent. You have to make a presentation in school. You completed it and presented it.
Your teachers are impressed with your language and your debating skills. Voila! You never knew you were such a good orator until now. You have discovered your hidden talent.
10. Think Out of the Box
Sometimes, to ignite a passion you need to be different, you need to think out of the box. If you have a passion to watch movies, it does not mean it is a waste of time and nothing comes out of it.
Believe it or not, your passion to watch movies can be made into a career of its own. You can be a movie critic and earn a handsome amount from newspapers, magazines and channels.
You never know what your talent or passion can lead to. Maybe an alternative career?
11. Execute
Knowing you have the talent and doing nothing about it is of no use. A great talent finds happiness in its execution. It might be a talent the world is waiting to see.
12. Take the Time
Life is a journey, not a stampede. Take time to listen to your life calling. Many times, your talents and passions knock at your door, but you are too busy to hear the sound.
Stop awhile and cool your heels. Life is short. Live it to the fullest. Sometimes your hidden talents are so well hidden that it is difficult to find them.
The recent pandemic that hit the world hard also brought out hidden talents in many. Chefs were born overnight, balcony gardens turned into full-grown orchards and many pursued online courses in art, music, and dance.
There is always a hidden talent in all of us. The means to locate it are many. Choose your path, discover your talent and pursue your dreams. We all have hidden talents just waiting to be discovered.
