Knowing Your Gift and Putting It Into The Right Vehicle (Chapter 6 - Act Like A Success, Think Like A Success)

Steve Jobs had a gift for seeing technology in ways that actually changed the way we live our lives.  The ability to innovate and transform technology.  This combination of using your gift and infusing it with your personal skills and talents is what I call your gift mark.

Similar to a trademark, your gift mark is the stamp that you leave on the world every time you use your God-given talents and skills at your highest capacity.  You know without a doubt what to expect every time you purchase a box with an Apple logo or sit behind the wheel of a car with that BMW insignia.  Your gift make should be what people come to expect every time they hire you or ask you to be part of their team.  Your gift mark is the flavor you add to your gift, showing the world that it has your DNA in it.  When you sit down at the table, people know that they will receive your gift in just the way that only you can deliver it.  

Once you uncover your gift, find that distinctive touch that will make your gift stand out and shine.  most people are just a few steps away from the start of turning what could have ben into what can be. 

Simply attach yourself to a vehicle that gets your gift into motion.  That means begin now, where you are.  Keep working, and when its time, catch another transfer.  Be aggressive learning how to drive, and do that by mastering your gift where you are.  Grow, learn, and make every mistake you can in the lemon before you get the coupe.

But, don't wait to long in the same vehicle and get stuck.  You must recognize that its about getting you to the next level, and not about taking you the whole way.  You have to take the time to test-drive as many options as you can for your gift.

Success Actions

1- Where is your final destination?

2 - Where is your next stop?

3 - Do you know how to operate this vehicle today just enough not to crash?

Is the vehicle out of your mastery, but controllable?  That's the drive you want.  It's challenging, fun, takes you out of your comfort zone, but ... you can make it work.  That's where you need to be.

Write down the kind of vehicles that you would like to use for your gift five to ten years from now.