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Vision: The Purpose for My Life – Part<\/strong> 5<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

In creating your own family plan, a key ingredient is knowing what you’re good at doing. \u00a0Everything in your plan, works together to make you who you are. \u00a0If you can see these pieces in a book (or in this case a binder) then you are able to see into yourself and even who you will eventually become. \u00a0This is one of the major reasons Pamela and I have a plan. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Recently, she was planning our vacation and I (as usual) wasn’t cooperating due to the estimates. \u00a0She became frustrated and passed the task over to me to plan. \u00a0Days later, she went right back to work on the project. \u00a0So I asked what happened as I thought she was done planning and it was up to me to make it happen. \u00a0Her response was simply this, it’s a part or our family plan to have our very own retreat. \u00a0It’s an important part of what we do. \u00a0While this example, is off my topic for today, it illustrates how having a plan keeps you on point.<\/p>\n

\"\"What are you good at doing?
\n<\/b>There is no better question to get you prepared for a plan. \u00a0In order to plan and schedule for your gifts and talents, you need to first know what they are. \u00a0For me, years ago I went on this journey. \u00a0What am I good at doing? \u00a0So I challenged myself to put into a sentence or less, what I thought to be my gift. \u00a0From there I found two words that summarize who I am: simple and organized. \u00a0I like to make things as simple as possible and my gift is organization. \u00a0I know how to turn chaos \u00a0into order. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Play to Your Strengths
\n<\/b>You see my gift is ingrained in me. \u00a0I don’t believe anything has to be complicated in its smallest pieces. \u00a0Overall, a process might be complicated, but once you break it down into small organized pieces, it becomes simple. \u00a0To help me keep all the pieces working together, my world must be organized. \u00a0I have processes and systems for this. \u00a0Enough about what my gift is. \u00a0What you need to know next is how it fits into my life. \u00a0I use this when I write and in every phase of my career, home and life. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Since I know my gifts, or what some call my strengths, I play to those and fit them into my world. You must do the same. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Where to go when you have no idea what your gifts are?
\n<\/b>If you don’t know what you’re good at doing, start by asking those closest to you. \u00a0Ask your children or your spouse. \u00a0Ask your brother or sister. \u00a0Your friends are a good source, but be open when the answer comes. \u00a0Their answer may be nothing like your answer or what you expected. \u00a0Write their responses down and begin to study it. \u00a0Use it, even draft plans on how you can become better with your gift and how you can incorporate it into daily living.<\/span><\/p>\n

Today is Friday!
\nKnowing what your gift(s) is, is transformational. \u00a0Being good at something and knowing it adds a lot of confidence to you. \u00a0\u00a0What would knowing what you’re good at doing do for you? \u00a0Leave us a comment or email me.<\/span> Click here.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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