It’s easy to use other people’s “lenses” to assess the value of your talent. We each grow up modeling a set of values shared by friends and family that inadvertently define what having a talent really means and it’s importance in the world.   There’s also a societal push to force a talent into something trainable and marketable so that it has some sort of quantifiable worth.   All of these influences impact how you see your unique gifts and can overshadow the most … [Read more...]