Finding Your Uniqueness
Finding Your Own Uniqueness
Why is it that some people seem to have enormous success at whatever they attempt, while others seemingly get by with comparatively moderate success, and still others never seem to “find” themselves, either in their work, their personal lives, or their relationships with others?
What is it that makes the difference in how people function in those three arenas throughout their lives?
The answers to these questions have plagued me for years.
I have been successful in a variety of business ventures and occupations throughout my working career, but until a few years ago, I never really felt completely fulfilled, and felt as though I had lot reached my potential... never reached the level I thought I was capable of, and others had told me I was capable of.
Although I had a nice family, earned a large income and could do almost anything I set my mind to, there just seemed to be a piece missing… a certain something that I couldn’t identify, but that was leaving me feeling incomplete and frustrated.
For many years I searched for that one missing piece that I thought was holding me back from my full potential and the feeling of being satisfied with my efforts and progress... that elusive feeling of fulfillment.
I attended seminars, read books, watched video programs, and listened to audio programs dealing with motivation and success, but they all left me feeling even more incomplete, despondent and empty. They didn’t have the answer I was looking so hard to find.
Everyone Is Motivated Towards Their Own Goals, And For Their Own Reasons
What I found was, that most people have the concept of success and motivation mixed up.
Motivational speakers run around the country putting on seminars and selling their books and CDs telling people that if they get motivated, they can become successful. Well, to a certain extent, what they say is true. You do need to be motivated in order to be successful.
The fact is, however, that everybody is motivated to one extent or another. You’re either motivated to do something, or you’re motivated to do nothing. To do a little, or to do a lot. To study enough to pass a test, or not. To work hard and long enough, or smart enough to make a project, job or relationship succeed, or not.
Or to select a career or vocation that will enable you to live comfortably and enjoy life, or choose one that will just allow you to get by.
It’s up to each of us to make our own choices. But regardless of which choices we make, we are motivated enough to make the specific choices we make at the time we make them, and we must live with the consequences or results that follow those decisions.
Getting “Motivated” To Do Something Is Not The Answer, It’s The Result
Motivation itself doesn’t necessarily lead to success. What I found was, that success produced certain desirable results, and I enjoyed the benefits of those results.
I reasoned that if I wanted more of the benefits of the results of success in any endeavor I undertook, I simply had to do the things that would make me successful in those endeavors. That’s called motivation.
Motivation, then, is a byproduct or a result of reaching a certain success, and then wanting more. Success is not necessarily an end result, or end product. Rather, it’s more the effect of doing something that results in accomplishment. It’s, as Earl Nightingale once said, “The progressive realization of a worthy ideal.”
The Three Operational Dimensions We All Function In
To learn more about what brings people satisfaction and fulfillment in their jobs and their lives, The Institute for Behavioral Effectiveness studied more than 1,500 people. Included were business people, professionals, artists, teachers, homemakers, and those involved in various blue collar trades. The study revealed that three significant dimensions must be considered:
? Work
? Personal
? Societal
Work is what a person does during his or her day. For some people, it is their job or profession... how they earn their living. For others... homemakers, for example, it includes caring for the home and children, cleaning, shopping, doing the laundry, fixing meals, paying bills, providing transportation for children and other family members, and the myriad other tasks they routinely perform.
The Personal dimension is what a person does with his or her “free” time. It is what they do when they are alone. It includes time spent while driving in the car, at lunch breaks and in the evenings when they may find themselves alone. It is what a person thinks or dreams about during the day or during the quiet hours of the morning while lying in bed waiting for the alarm to sound. It also includes how a person feels about himself or herself... their physical appearance, their height to weight ratio, their hair style, the clothes they wear, the language and words they use, and how they think others view them... their self?concept.
Societal includes a person’s relationships with others, including immediate and extended family members, neighbors, the community, church and club members, and the activities associated with each of these groups.
The Three Operational Dimensions Are All Interrelated
While it is possible that a person may find a certain degree of success or fulfillment in one dimension and not another, psychological testing reveals that each of the three dimensions is inseparably interrelated, and for a person to function at his or her highest level, each of the dimensions must be considered together as well as individually.
For instance, a person may be very effective in his or her work, but if they don’t feel good about themselves personally, or a relationship with a loved one is out of sync, or perhaps they have had a falling out with someone in their club or church group, that person most likely won’t be able to function at their highest effective level, even though they may appear to be doing an exceptional job.
However, as with all things, there can be exceptions to the rule. Some people are expert at suppressing or disguising their inner feelings and seem to function at high levels of efficiency even though there may be tremendous turmoil in their lives unknown and un-observable to others.
But again, as in most cases, the exception to the rule is usually just that... the exception.
While some people can suppress their inner feelings and not let it bother their work or other relationships, most cannot. Even though it may appear that things are going smoothly on the outside, the inner turmoil may be creating subtle conflicts that can influence or impact desired outcomes not always for the good.
Likewise, a person may feel great and like everything about him or herself, but if things aren’t going smoothly at work, with their career or with their relationships with others, that person’s self?image will likely begin to suffer.
And, generally, if a person enjoys great relationships with others, but again, work isn’t going well, or they don’t feel confident with themselves, it’s just a matter of time until their relationships with others begin to suffer.
Congruency In The Three Operational Dimensions Is The Key To Effective Performance
The fact is, optimal performance on the job or in life, can only come when each of the three dimensions are congruent. That is, for a person to operate at his or her highest effective potential, they must, in each of the three dimensions, be good at what they do, they must enjoy doing it, and they must feel a sense of fulfillment while it’s being done.
When a person has reached a degree of success that they are happy with in one of the dimensions, he or she is considered to have achieved one?dimensional success. While this is possible, and happens all the time, it is not often that a person finds true “two--dimensional success,” and extremely rare to find someone who has achieved genuine “three?dimensional” success.
Using psychological tests, the Institute in their evaluation of more than 1,500 participants, analyzed those subjects’ perception of success in the three dimensions: Work, Personal and Societal. What they found, was:
· 80 percent of those studied did not enjoy their work.
Even though most of them worked hard for their employers or at their jobs, and performed well, they perceived their work as being “non-” or “minimally- contributory.” That is, they felt that while the work they were doing may be significant, they were capable of doing more... making a greater contribution.
· 60 percent were not satisfied with their personal lives. Many of these people considered themselves to have successful careers, enjoyed their jobs, and had satisfying relationships with others; they seemed fulfilled in those dimensions. When asked to find adjectives to describe themselves, many had a difficult time finding positive descriptors or were very conservative when selecting them. They felt that others were more capable than themselves in a variety of categories.
· 86 percent felt there was at least one relationship that needed mending or strengthening. Nearly everyone had work to do in this area. In some cases, a cross word was said to a family member before leaving for work or school. In others a long-standing feud was unsettled. In every case, however, the results were energy?sapping, and caused the person to lose effectiveness in one of the other dimensions.
Improvement Or Enhancement In One Dimension Positively Affects The Other Dimensions
Working with a select number of individuals from the study group, researchers found that if a person could improve in at least one of the three dimensions... any one, it didn’t matter which... the other two dimensions would automatically show improvement. Here is how they did it.
A list of tasks were developed and divided into two groups; those that were performed on a routine or predictable basis, and those that occur randomly or unpredictably. The tasks include those that are:
1. Work related
2. Family related
3. Personal
4. Social/Community
5. Religious
Next, seven different Categories of Expertise were identified. They are:
1. Unskillful / Unenjoyable
2. Unskillful / Enjoyable
3. Skillful / Unenjoyable
4. Skillful / Enjoyable
5. Excellent
6. Expert
7. Unique
The definitions of the Categories of Expertise are as follows:
Unskillful / Unenjoyable
Tasks you are not good at, nor are you interested in. (Example: Some people don’t understand or enjoy working with income taxes. While taking additional courses, classes or training may help you develop a certain amount of competence in an area you don’t enjoy, continuing to work in this area may very well result in frustration, consume valuable time and move you further away from your goals. Hiring a CPA who is not only good at working with taxes, but who also enjoys number crunching may be a more workable solution, and can free you up to spend more time on tasks you enjoy and are good at.)
Unskillful / Enjoyable
These include things you are not good at, but you have an interest in. (Example: You may have an interest in computers and learning all the latest software programs, but you may not be real good at mastering them. No matter how much you may enjoy the task, if you either don’t have the time, the patience, the talent or the inclination to develop the necessary level of expertise, the learning curve may prove to be too costly for you to pursue.)
Skillful / Unenjoyable
These are tasks you may be good at, but have no desire in doing. (Example: You may do a great job at washing your car or mowing your lawn, but you don’t enjoy doing those tasks. Having a car wash or lawn service handle those jobs, can free you up to do more of the things you enjoy.)
Skillful / Enjoyable
Some tasks you are not only good at, but you also enjoy. You can derive a certain amount of satisfaction from doing these things, but you need to weigh just how good you are at doing them. If you are only competent (or good) at them, perhaps your time could be better spent in other areas. On the other hand, if you really enjoy (are interested in doing) them, you may be willing to sacrifice the quality of the job you do for the benefit of the enjoyment.
Excellent
Some things you do very well, and because of that you enjoy doing them. Or perhaps, because you enjoy doing these tasks, you happen to do them very well. Regardless of the order, you do an excellent job, and the rewards and satisfaction you receive makes you want to continue doing them.
Expert
Very few people in life or in business can be considered true experts.” However, once in a while, you encounter a person who does things better than nearly anyone else. This person usually receives a great deal of satisfaction from doing their chosen work, and is most often very handsomely compensated.
As you move clockwise from top to bottom around the circle in the illustration above, things become easier, more enjoyable, and your effectiveness increases. However, Massive success in any area of your life can only be realized when you’re operating from a position of...
Your Own Uniqueness
This is a place where no one else can come. You and you alone, can occupy this position. This is where you do things that can’t be duplicated by anyone else.
Perhaps it is a result of your personality, your physical skills or your mental or emotional abilities. It may the specialized knowledge you possess, your ability to develop meaningful, lasting and trusting relationships with others, or perhaps a combination of several factors that give others the perception that you are the only person in the world that can do what you do so well.
In any event, finding Your Own Uniqueness will help you discover the real YOU... and when you do that, and can operate in that realm, what you do not only cannot be duplicated by anyone else, but it sets you apart from all others and creates a continual demand for you and your services.
Achieving Maximum Performance And Results Requires The Careful Allocation Of Your Time And Resources
Working in the first four areas leads to wasted time and increased frustration, and moves you further away from your goals. Spending time in the “Excellent” or “Expert” areas will move you closer to your objectives and give you satisfaction from knowing that you are doing a good job, but it is the “Unique” state that will produce the greatest rewards and satisfaction from your efforts.
One of the keys to massive success is to identify the tasks you are not competent at, or that you don’t enjoy doing. Then spend as little time as possible doing those things. Surround yourself with other people who are “Expert” or “Unique” in dealing with those tasks, and delegate the responsibilities to them.
For every task you don’t enjoy doing, there is another person who absolutely loves doing that thing. This will free you up to spend more time, effort and energy doing the things that only you can do, and will begin to move you more quickly toward your goals.
Walt Disney’s Formula For Unlimited Abundance
Walt Disney had a unique formula for success. He said that a person could be successful in anything they did; in any job they held; in any project they undertook, if they simply followed this plan. Here it is:
“You do what you do so well, that when others see you do it, they want to see you do it again, and will bring others to see you do it.”
That sounds easy enough, but if we take that simple sentence apart and analyze it, it becomes clear how powerful and impactful it really is.
“You do what you do ....” What you do. Not what anyone else does... what you do. One of the problems in the world today, whether it is in business or in our personal lives, is that so many people try to copy or imitate other people and the things they do. We tend to emulate characters on television programs or in movies. We dress in the latest fashions, and attempt to create bodies like the popular models or sports heroes. If we go into business, we pattern our office design or layout just like others in similar businesses. We live, in large measure, in a “copy?cat” world.
Walt is suggesting that we don’t try to copy others and do what they do... rather, we should identify what our uniqueness is, and concentrate our efforts on that. We should “do what we do”... not what anyone else does. That one piece of advice alone is worth its weight in gold, and is enough to make a world of difference in anyone’s life.
“You do what you do so well ....” “So well” are the next two words to consider. This automatically implies excellence. In other words, don’t settle for mediocrity. There is already too much of that in our society today. Whatever you decide to undertake; whether it is a project, a job, a relationship... whatever... do it better than it has ever been done before.
If you couple the “what you do” part of Walt’s formula to the “so well” part, you have an unbeatable combination. It is the joining of the uniqueness only you can bring to the equation, with the ability to do it masterfully... and no one can touch that!
“Do what you do so well, that when others see you do it ....” Who are the “others”? They are your customers if you are in business. This is show time for you. You are on stage, and just as a performer in a play or a stage act does, this is your time to demonstrate to others what you can do.
Now comes the payoff.”...when others see you do it, they will want to see you do it again ...”
If you have done the one thing you are good (or expert) at, and have done it in a most exceptional manner, and if your customers have just experienced it, then certainly they want to see you do it again. That’s called “repeat business.” It is no secret that people like to do business with people or organizations that are successful, and the key to keeping them coming back to you, is to continue to provide a certain uniqueness well-executed to what ever it is that you do.
Now for the last part of Walt’s formula: “You do what you do so well, that when others see you do it, they want to see you do it again, and will bring others to see you do it.” That is called “referral business.” That’s the best and most cost-effective method there is of doing business. Referral business is business that comes to you as a result of people being happy with the value they received from you.
Making Disney’s Formula Work For You
Quite simply then, to put Walt’s formula all together and restate it; when you have done what you’re good at... your specialty for someone, and they are happy with what you have done for them, they are more inclined to not only come back for more of what you do, but they are more apt to tell others about their experiences with you so their friends can also benefit.
That all sounds good, you might say, but how do I know what my uniqueness is? I mean, I enjoy doing all kinds of things, and I do them all fairly well, but no one thing seems to stand out as something only I could do and do it better than anyone else. How do I find what my unique niche is?
Earl Nightingale’s One?Question Formula For Discovering Your Uniqueness
A few years ago, my wife and some friends had dinner with Earl Nightingale and his wife Dianna. My friend, who has two teenage daughters, asked Earl what kind of advice he would give the young women to help them select their life’s work.
Without hesitation, Earl asked the first girl what she would do if she woke up on Monday morning, it was raining, and she had enough money in the bank that she didn’t have to go into work.
My friend’s daughter laughed and said, “Well, I’d probably go shopping.”
Without cracking a smile, Earl looked at her and said, “Have you ever considered becoming a buyer for a large department store? With that kind of job you could go shopping all day every day and get paid for it!”
Earl then asked the next girl what she would do.
She replied that she would most likely go horseback riding.
Earl then pointed out that in Scottsdale, Arizona, where they lived, there are a number of Arabian horse farms, and perhaps she might enjoy work as a trainer. Then she could do all the horseback riding she wanted.
It is surprising to note the incredible number of people who have difficulty in determining what they want to do to occupy the time they have to spend on this earth. It’s true that there are so many interesting and challenging things a person can spend their time doing.
But for the most part, it is simply a lack of focus... an inability or an unwillingness to look at one particular thing, then focus all your efforts on finding ways to do it better than anyone else.
With a clear focus any normal person can accomplish more and out?achieve even the brightest and most intelligent person who has a limited vision or an ill?defined path to run on.
Finding Your Own Uniqueness
If an individual wants to live and function according to their true potential and find real happiness and fulfillment in their work, their personal and their societal dimensions, then it becomes critical that they learn and understand the steps to determining what their personal uniqueness is.
The first step is to take an inventory of things you like to do. Make a list any and everything you enjoy. Don’t hold anything back. List work?related tasks, hobbies, fun activities, family things... anything you take pleasure in doing, no matter how silly or irrelevant it may seem.
Next, make a list of things you are good at. Don’t worry at this point how they fit in with your previous list; just list everything you can think of where you have at least an average amount of competence or skill.
Third, write down everything you would like to be able to do, if you only had the right amount of time, money, training, skill or competence. Let your mind run wild here. There’s no need to try to be idealistic or realistic... just list what you would do if you could do it.
Now, compare the three lists. See if there is any correlation between some of the items you like to do, those you are good at, and those you would like to do if you had the necessary resources. Perhaps one or two items will stand out as having some sort of “common thread” running through them.
Take a good look at those items to see if there is a way you can develop or create a product, a service, or a way of doing something better or differently than anyone else who is currently doing it. Again, let your creative juices flow here.
Don’t let yourself be inhibited by preconceived ideas. Let yourself get “out of the box” of “that’s the way we’ve always done it.” Look at your idea from every angle.
If it has to do with a product or service, consider how you would like for it to be if you were the customer using it. If you were the salesperson selling it, what other features would you like to see it have (or not have)?
If you were the business carrying it, how could it be improved so you could move more of them to the consumers?
As the manufacturer, what other things could you do to improve or enhance the item to make it more functional, more usable, or more desirable to all the parties in the chain?
If it has to do with relationships you have with others, how would you want someone in your position to act or react towards you? What can you do to make people enjoy being around you... to be attracted to you?
And, if you’re working from a personal level, what can you do to make yourself more likable or more acceptable to you? Are there self?development things you need to work on that can enhance your personality, your confidence, and your demeanor?
Remember, when you become better or more effective in one area, whether it’s work, social, or personal, each of the other areas automatically is affected positively.
Finding your own uniqueness is not always easy. It will take some time, a little work, and a lot of thought. But once you find it, and take the steps to become “expert” at what you do, the doors to increased opportunities will open wider than ever before, and your life will never be the same.
So find your own uniqueness. It really is the key to all that you are looking for.
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As you move clockwise from top to bottom around the circle in the illustration above, things become easier, more enjoyable, and your effectiveness increases. However, Massive success in any area of your life can only be realized when you’re operating from a position of...
Your Own Uniqueness
This is a place where no one else can come. You and you alone, can occupy this position. This is where you do things that can’t be duplicated by anyone else.
Perhaps it is a result of your personality, your physical skills or your mental or emotional abilities. It may the specialized knowledge you possess, your ability to develop meaningful, lasting and trusting relationships with others, or perhaps a combination of several factors that give others the perception that you are the only person in the world that can do what you do so well.
In any event, finding Your Own Uniqueness will help you discover the real YOU... and when you do that, and can operate in that realm, what you do not only cannot be duplicated by anyone else, but it sets you apart from all others and creates a continual demand for you and your services.
Achieving Maximum Performance And Results Requires
The Careful Allocation Of Your Time And Resources
Working in the first four areas leads to wasted time and increased frustration, and moves you further away from your goals. Spending time in the “Excellent” or “Expert” areas will move you closer to your objectives and give you satisfaction from knowing that you are doing a good job, but it is the “Unique” state that will produce the greatest rewards and satisfaction from your efforts.
One of the keys to massive success is to identify the tasks you are not competent at, or that you don’t enjoy doing. Then spend as little time as possible doing those things. Surround yourself with other people who are “Expert” or “Unique” in dealing with those tasks, and delegate the responsibilities to them.
For every task you don’t enjoy doing, there is another person who absolutely loves doing that thing. This will free you up to spend more time, effort and energy doing the things that only you can do, and will begin to move you more quickly toward your goals.
Walt Disney’s Formula
For Unlimited Abundance
Walt Disney had a unique formula for success. He said that a person could be successful in anything they did; in any job they held; in any project they undertook, if they simply followed this plan. Here it is:
“You do what you do so well, that when others see you do it, they want to see you do it again, and will bring others to see you do it.”
That sounds easy enough, but if we take that simple sentence apart and analyze it, it becomes clear how powerful and impactful it really is.
“You do what you do ....” What you do. Not what anyone else does... what you do. One of the problems in the world today, whether it is in business or in our personal lives, is that so many people try to copy or imitate other people and the things they do. We tend to emulate characters on television programs or in movies. We dress in the latest fashions, and attempt to create bodies like the popular models or sports heroes. If we go into business, we pattern our office design or layout just like others in similar businesses. We live, in large measure, in a “copy?cat” world.
Walt is suggesting that we don’t try to copy others and do what they do... rather, we should identify what our uniqueness is, and concentrate our efforts on that. We should “do what we do”... not what anyone else does. That one piece of advice alone is worth its weight in gold, and is enough to make a world of difference in anyone’s life.
“You do what you do so well ....” “So well” are the next two words to consider. This automatically implies excellence. In other words, don’t settle for mediocrity. There is already too much of that in our society today. Whatever you decide to undertake; whether it is a project, a job, a relationship... whatever... do it better than it has ever been done before.
If you couple the “what you do” part of Walt’s formula to the “so well” part, you have an unbeatable combination. It is the joining of the uniqueness only you can bring to the equation, with the ability to do it masterfully... and no one can touch that!
“Do what you do so well, that when others see you do it ....” Who are the “others”? They are your customers if you are in business. This is show time for you. You are on stage, and just as a performer in a play or a stage act does, this is your time to demonstrate to others what you can do.
Now comes the payoff.”...when others see you do it, they will want to see you do it again ...”
If you have done the one thing you are good (or expert) at, and have done it in a most exceptional manner, and if your customers have just experienced it, then certainly they want to see you do it again. That’s called “repeat business.” It is no secret that people like to do business with people or organizations that are successful, and the key to keeping them coming back to you, is to continue to provide a certain uniqueness well-executed to what ever it is that you do.
Now for the last part of Walt’s formula: “You do what you do so well, that when others see you do it, they want to see you do it again, and will bring others to see you do it.” That is called “referral business.” That’s the best and most cost-effective method there is of doing business. Referral business is business that comes to you as a result of people being happy with the value they received from you.
Making Disney’s Formula Work For You
Quite simply then, to put Walt’s formula all together and restate it; when you have done what you’re good at... your specialty for someone, and they are happy with what you have done for them, they are more inclined to not only come back for more of what you do, but they are more apt to tell others about their experiences with you so their friends can also benefit.
That all sounds good, you might say, but how do I know what my uniqueness is? I mean, I enjoy doing all kinds of things, and I do them all fairly well, but no one thing seems to stand out as something only I could do and do it better than anyone else. How do I find what my unique niche is?
Earl Nightingale’s One?Question Formula
For Discovering Your Uniqueness
A few years ago, my wife and some friends had dinner with Earl Nightingale and his wife Dianna. My friend, who has two teenage daughters, asked Earl what kind of advice he would give the young women to help them select their life’s work.
Without hesitation, Earl asked the first girl what she would do if she woke up on Monday morning, it was raining, and she had enough money in the bank that she didn’t have to go into work.
My friend’s daughter laughed and said, “Well, I’d probably go shopping.”
Without cracking a smile, Earl looked at her and said, “Have you ever considered becoming a buyer for a large department store? With that kind of job you could go shopping all day every day and get paid for it!”
Earl then asked the next girl what she would do.
She replied that she would most likely go horseback riding.
Earl then pointed out that in Scottsdale, Arizona, where they lived, there are a number of Arabian horse farms, and perhaps she might enjoy work as a trainer. Then she could do all the horseback riding she wanted.
It is surprising to note the incredible number of people who have difficulty in determining what they want to do to occupy the time they have to spend on this earth. It’s true that there are so many interesting and challenging things a person can spend their time doing.
But for the most part, it is simply a lack of focus... an inability or an unwillingness to look at one particular thing, then focus all your efforts on finding ways to do it better than anyone else.
With a clear focus any normal person can accomplish more and out?achieve even the brightest and most intelligent person who has a limited vision or an ill?defined path to run on.
Finding Your Own Uniqueness
If an individual wants to live and function according to their true potential and find real happiness and fulfillment in their work, their personal and their societal dimensions, then it becomes critical that they learn and understand the steps to determining what their personal uniqueness is.
The first step is to take an inventory of things you like to do. Make a list any and everything you enjoy. Don’t hold anything back. List work?related tasks, hobbies, fun activities, family things... anything you take pleasure in doing, no matter how silly or irrelevant it may seem.
Next, make a list of things you are good at. Don’t worry at this point how they fit in with your previous list; just list everything you can think of where you have at least an average amount of competence or skill.
Third, write down everything you would like to be able to do, if you only had the right amount of time, money, training, skill or competence. Let your mind run wild here. There’s no need to try to be idealistic or realistic... just list what you would do if you could do it.
Now, compare the three lists. See if there is any correlation between some of the items you like to do, those you are good at, and those you would like to do if you had the necessary resources. Perhaps one or two items will stand out as having some sort of “common thread” running through them.
Take a good look at those items to see if there is a way you can develop or create a product, a service, or a way of doing something better or differently than anyone else who is currently doing it. Again, let your creative juices flow here.
Don’t let yourself be inhibited by preconceived ideas. Let yourself get “out of the box” of “that’s the way we’ve always done it.” Look at your idea from every angle.
If it has to do with a product or service, consider how you would like for it to be if you were the customer using it. If you were the salesperson selling it, what other features would you like to see it have (or not have)?
If you were the business carrying it, how could it be improved so you could move more of them to the consumers?
As the manufacturer, what other things could you do to improve or enhance the item to make it more functional, more useable, or more desirable to all the parties in the chain?
If it has to do with relationships you have with others, how would you want someone in your position to act or react towards you? What can you do to make people enjoy being around you... to be attracted to you?
And, if you’re working from a personal level, what can you do to make yourself more likeable or more acceptable to you? Are there self?development things you need to work on that can enhance your personality, your confidence, and your demeanor?
Remember, when you become better or more effective in one area, whether it’s work, social, or personal, each of the other areas automatically is affected positively.
Finding your own uniqueness is not always easy. It will take some time, a little work, and a lot of thought. But once you find it, and take the steps to become “expert” at what you do, the doors to increased opportunities will open wider than ever before, and your life will never be the same.
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