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Maximizing Your Strengths - Part Two

Sep 10, 2025
Discover how to shift your focus from weaknesses to strengths. Learn about your unique SHAPE—Spiritual Gifts, Heart, Abilities, Personality, and Experiences. Explore how personal reflections can guide self-discovery. Embrace your natural talents and the importance of nurturing them from childhood. Hear insights on using spiritual gifts to fulfill your purpose and serve others. Confront fears to live authentically and recognize the joy from being true to yourself.
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ADVICE

Do A Decade-By-Decade Life Inventory

  • Do a life inventory by decade to spot what you were good at and what you enjoyed doing.
  • Look for recurring patterns in skills and passions across those decades to identify your strengths.
ANECDOTE

Childhood Collection Revealed Adult Gift

  • Rick describes collecting and categorizing as a child and links it to his adult gift of simplifying ideas.
  • He used that pattern to become a synthesizer and teacher who makes complex topics simple.
ADVICE

Experiment Early And Often

  • Try many different tasks early in life to discover what you are good at and enjoy.
  • Volunteer and experiment because God does not steer a parked car; movement reveals calling.
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