Securitizing your Superpowers - How to Revolutionize Your Life by Finding Your Unique Gift #BigVisionFriday

"Deep within man dwell those slumbering powers; powers that would astonish him, that he never dreamed of possessing; forces that would revolutionize his life if aroused and put into action."  -Orison Swett Marden

This quote by the founder of SUCCESS magazine reminds us all that we each have a unique gift residing deep inside us, and that we will always be searching for that missing something in our lives until we learn how to uncover that gift, and more importantly, how to actually put it to use in our daily lives.

People don't want to live "normal" lives, but many of us have been brainwashed into thinking that they have to.  And not brainwashed intentionally, but through sincere motives that want to help people find security in something like a stable job or a low-risk allocation of their financial assets or whatever seems stable on the surface, it's just that that those motives are sometimes misdirected.  People don't find real security in having the same job for 20 years.  People don't find real security in having a certain amount of money stashed away in a retirement account.  They may think they're secure, but those things have absolutely no "life value".  

True security only comes when someone knows themselves enough to realize that they job they've been doing for 20 years isn't going to satisfy them another day.  Security comes when people realize that there's something huge exploding deep inside their souls, and they're finally allowing it to surface and spill out onto others with every word that comes out of their mouths, because they're finally talking about something they're passionate about, something that's deeper than what's going to happen on the next episode of "Walking Dead" or who just got traded to which team for however many millions of dollars.

Right now as we speak, I'm working with a few other partners on something that's part of my big vision, a venture that's scheduled to launch next Spring called FOSTERS.  The vision of FOSTERS is all about helping people live their dreams.  It's not about solving business problems, or financial problems, it's about solving people problems, namely the problem of feeling stuck.  FOSTERS is about having Big Vision Friday...but on a Monday, and on a Tuesday, and on a Saturday afternoon, and on every other day of the week for the rest of your life!!!!  The big vision of FOSTERS is to provide an environment that "fosters" an atmosphere of purposeful living, one that starts with each of us founders using our unique superpowers to serve our members, vendors, partners, and anyone else we come in contact with.

So what's your superpower?  Is it finding creative ways to market stuff online?  Is it running financial scenarios?  Is it writing short stories?  Is it coding?  Maybe it's coming up with fun activities for kids, or researching deep theological issues.  Whatever that unique gift is, I would encourage you to find some small way to put it to use today that will help someone, because that gift wasn't put there inside you for you to hoard it all to yourself, but to share it with others, to use it to its fullest capacity to help those around you!

Not sure what your superpower is yet?  There are some great tools out there to help you identify your gifts.  Books like Strengths Finder 2.0 by Tom Rath and Now, Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham, and a truly life-changing identity assessment tool that I've personally used, called WIDP, are all excellent places to start.

I hope this post helps to remind you of the importance of living a non-normal life, of flushing the status quo down the tube, and of making "tectonic plate size" shifts in the way you see yourself as a truly uniquely talented individual whose gifts are matched by no one.

By the way, you're never too old to get started understanding your superpowers and living your dreams.  In fact, do you know how old Orison Mardel was when he started SUCCESS magazine back in 1897?  Almost 50 years old!  That's right, and this was just a few short years after he decided to completely change careers from the hotel industry to becoming a self-help author.  And the fruits of his legacy are still being shared with millions of people over a hundred years later!

So stop making excuses, and start using your unique gifting to help others around you.  It will literally revolutionize your life and the lives of everyone you touch!

Until next time,

-Liam

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