Do you know what your strengths are? Do you know what the core of your strength? Can you precisely articulate what your strength is?
We should all know that knowing yourself is paramount. Without knowing yourself, you are a leaf, being redirected from one place to another. Without knowing yourself, you cannot create the best version of yourself. It's like trying to build a house without any steps, with no foundation.
So how do you start? It begins with the inverse: not knowing yourself. It begins by testing, trialling, gathering data. Finding what is false is easier than finding what is true. It is a process of elimination. Precision and efficiency comes from a LACK of precision and efficiency. Of course, you must be guided by a beaconing goal to become precise. Through martial arts, I understand that one technique should be all you need to finish the situation. To get to that stage, it is no easy feat. There is no magical solution or shortcut. It takes hours and hours and hours of beating on your craft, getting hit and making huge blunders.
There are no shortcuts.
Recently, I've been re-evaluating my own strengths and to achieve better articulation I needed to start off with a long-winded brainstorm. What is my strength and then what is my value proposition towards others? I understand my passion and purpose is to help others.
- I see people as people. I can see the 'child' within every person amidst all social construct (I gained these eyes from martial arts, through collaborative suffering)
- I can bridge two people together, helping them see the similarity in humanity amidst their differences (I grew this ability from having 3 sets of divorced parents)
- I have cultivated a higher emotional empathy as I reached more self-understanding. Everyone is going through their intense battles within
- I appreciate the duality of life, in particular, culture: being born and raised in Australia but with a high context of Japanese style upbringing. The two cultures are largely paradoxical and tasting both, my endeavour to converge the two to strike a balance is a strength (solely because I am passionate about it). I believe passion becomes your strength over time
- I have had a passion for writing and through commitment and dedication to the craft, have steadily improved my command of the English language in verbal and written formats
- I have cultivated discipline and patience, particularly in martial arts as I understand true progression is something that tries to stand the test of time
- I have learnt to multi-task (although this can be counter-productive, like all things). I attribute this largely to again having 3 sets of divorced parents and moving homes continuously. I did not let this hinder what I wanted to pursue, although there were many set backs
- Through my career in mentoring and coaching, I have met many, many walks of people from the truly lowest social economic, low socio-economic on paper but actually quite high, those who have had many things in the world but lost it, the very stable and consistent average, the upper-middle class, children from all walks of life and upbringings. Connecting with the world is something I am truly grateful for and it started from within.
Through this walk in the jungle of my mind, I begin to see clearer what my strength is. I am a bridge between people. This is something I don't think can be taken over by A.I. anytime soon. This is my unique value proposition and my own personal brand.
You got to know these things about yourself. To love yourself, you need to truly know why. What good can you do for yourself and the world? Be confident but no arrogant, let no ego take a hold of you.
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