Talent, gifts & potential (knowing your strengths)

We owe a lot to the artists of the world. Or everyone will still be drawing stick figures in the sand.

Talent is the magnification on small details. Vision is a filter than screens out other details.

Nothing wrong with admiring the talents of others. But don't rubbish yours.

Our talents are our strength. People who don't know their talents feel weak.

If we really know our talents, we wouldn't want the talents of others.

You definitely have talents. It's just they may look different to how you imagined them.

We need to know the difference between the talents we admire but don't have, & the talents we have but don't as yet admire.

Our talents have room to grow when we see a lot of possibilities in our area of interest.

Talent is the ability to imagine endless possibilities in the things you love.

We need to rediscover the talent of being ourselves.

Successful people came to the realization that the best use of their life is the best use of their talents.

A creative life is the process of exercising one talent, only to find other talents emerge.

Never liked working with numbers. They always assume there is only one answer.

Whenever I find things I can't do, I tell myself, "I must be good at something else".

Perfectionism is bad, but if you focus on your strengths, you'll get pretty close to it.

I don't know what your gift is but I know it's unique.

Much talent is hidden from the world. And our own talent can be hidden from ourselves.

FOUND: One big bag of creative potential. If it's yours, claim it as soon as possible.

I don't wait for luck. I believe in my own creative potential.

I believe that so much potentual creativity goes to waste.

Yes, we are all born creative. It's just that we are all creative in different ways.

Talent isn't what you can do. It's the thing that makes you unique.

Multi-talented and unfocused? Combine them for real creativity.

A creative person believes that their best work is ahead of them.

You know you value your talents, when you value today.

Your power is your natural talent.

Your greatest talent is the expression of your vision.

To have the confidence in the future you want, you need to have confidence in the talent you know you have.

100 billion neurons in your head. Oh yeh, you definitely have possibilities.

Your talents can be revealed in your sensitivity to colors, sounds, contradictions, concepts.

One of my strengths is to find creative ways to compensate for my weaknesses.

Knowing your weakness is also a strength. Makes us collaborative & humble.

Rely on ourselves for what we CAN do. Rely on each other for what we can't do.

Be fair to yourself. You can't rule the world. You can only change it.

Got the music in you? Time to get it out of you.

Your talent is stuff you do easily or quickly. Don't under price your work just because it's easy.

Talent is a seed...

The talented people you admire, can't do things you can do.

Your hands are the gloves your talent wears when you let it do its work.

Talent is like an old friend. You know what he's done, but you don't know what he'll do next.

Can't predict what your talent will do. It will always surprise you.

When exploring your talents, you can imagine the possibilities. But you soon discover they give you many pleasant surprises.

From a friend: "I loved that work you did. Are you still doing that?"

From a friend: "You're talented. You should do something with that".

Your talent will define your direction. Your dedication will define the distance.

Your talent may look different than imagined. But it can also take you places you never imagined.

Talent is first revealed in a persistent day dream.

Talented hands, a curious mind & an enthusiastic heart makes a person capable of greatness.

Talent is a raw mineral, a natural resource. It needs to be refined into it's pure form.

Talent is what you love to think about.

Talent needs character; the ability to do what comes easy, even when life makes it difficult.

Talent makes something easy to do. Education makes it easier to do in the future.

Talent needs to become a skill, to become a service, if that talent is to survive.

Some talents are unique to you. Some talents are common to man but rarely used.

Quality shouldn't be a goal; It starts now in the little things you do.

Purpose

The purpose of creative people is to Repurpose. -To give things & ideas a second life.

When Major Purpose says, "Start flying". You say, "How high?"

People should only watch TV if they take notes. Me included.

If you can't decide what you're passionate about, you can decide what most disturbs you.

Your greatest discovery will be when you realize your area of greatest potential.

No one really knows what is or isn't possible.

Let us see more broadly, imagine more deeply, experiment more regularly.

The world says, "Find your passion". I say, "Find your burden & make the solution your passion".

It's easy to find passion in Sport & Leisure, but in answers to our burdens, we find our purpose.

I knew a man who did humanitarian work but had a nervous breakdown. He didn't know what work he really loved.

You have a inner hero: You need to solve a common problem, meet a specific need or save someones day.

Everyone has a Hero Complex. Some just don't know it yet.

Even blind optimism sees more clearly.

A person who doesn't decide why they exist, will barely exist at all.

Your journey IS your goal.

Passion & Enthusiasm

Enthusiasm is a good substitute for vision.

Who knows where your enthusiasm will take you. But I know where you'll be without it.

True success is successfully sharing enthusiasm.

True success is the reward for prolonged enthusiasm.

People aren't lazy. Just uninspired.

When we bring a song or image or writing to life, we also come to life.

Success & Happiness: It’s not what you know, it's knowing what you love.

It's wonderful to see: When someone learns to be creative, they love to learn again.

The world WILL become enthusiastic for your work, if you show them how enthusiastic you are.

If you designed a passionate life, what would it look like.

Move from quiet desperation to obvious enthusiasm.

Feet up this year. Drag feet next year.

Never stop doing what you love, & you'll be unstoppable.

Most people LEAVE work with enthusiasm. Find work where you can ARRIVE with enthusiasm.

Dedication to a creative task has hidden rewards.

First amaze yourself, then amaze the world.

Protect your joy. It keeps you active, energetic & enthusiastic.

When an idea works, it's justified confidence. When it fails, it's Over confidence. (Just don't loose confidence).

Better to be over confident, than unconfident.

People need to be confident their ideas are valid. And that they live in a place that is idea friendly.

Practice builds confidence. Performance builds courage.

First be confident in what you're learning. Then you'll be more confident when it's time to share what you've learned.

Confidence comes from what you're learning, believing & trusting.

Having an audience (& a community)

Let the world see the love in what you do, and they'll love it too.

Be known for what you do. It's not who you know, but who knows you.

A crowd becomes your community when you know your purpose in it.

There are those that follow a crowd. And those that serve a community.

The artist see's the worts, the audience see's the beauty.

If your audience doesn't know what fires you up, you will leave them cold.

Create from what you believe, what disturbs you, what you care about. That is what people respond to.

The only time an artist should re-create something is to re-create what is in him, into the audience.

On your creative journey, you travel through the hearts of your audience.


If every story is a journey. Then the art is to know were your audience is now. And then to take them to a place you want them to go.

Begin by trusting yourself. Then gain the trust of the 1 important person in your life. Then your future audience.

Musicians that sing about Fire, remember being burned. It still ignites their music.

A critic is someone who has just been introduced to the future.

Finding your niche & vocation

I'm thinking of becoming a Polymathic Specialist.

The burning question of most creative artists is, "How can I make a living doing what I love"?

Why do so many people underestimate the value of their talents, uniqueness & passions?

A chosen creative future is the process of taking the vocation inside you & putting yourself inside your vocation.

Your vocation is your talent and personality at play.

Your Resume is your past experience. Your Vocation Statement is your future experience.

Success & Happiness: It’s not what you know, it's knowing what you love.

Creative purpose: Find a big unsolved problem you're passionate about.

Find your niche. Then diversify within it.

Haven't found your Thing yet? ....Try lots of things.

Discovered a good friend of mine is a 'closet artist'. She's been painting in her spare time.

She reminds me of all the artist that love to paint & draw, but don't know what to do with it.

You have many great influences, but it's the style you create from yourself that matters in the end.

Music styles are the Pied Pipers, leading lives in different directions.

I'm not a very good dancer. I'm bad poetry in motion.

The heart is the compass, the mind is the map.

A vocation is the love of growing.