Know Your Natural or Innate Talents! Do you know your natural born talents? If not, you need to figure out what your natural born talents are. Once you know your talents you will have everything you need to make your life work. What are natural talents? Natural talents are those things that you have always been able to do so well that you don't even need to think about it! Your natural talents help to give you confidence about yourself because as I said, you know you are good at doing those things. so, your natural talents can help you to build your self-confidence in other areas of your life. Did you ever notice that people tend to concentrate on improving their weaknesses, instead of concentrating on their strengths? It's true, but people should be working on their strengths. When we work on our God-given talents we feel good about ourselves, and that can help to give you the courage you need to work on your weaknesses. Let's see if you even know what your innate talents are. Can you name and write down what 7 of your talents are? Go ahead and try...I bet you can't do it in one minute! I bet if I asked you to write down 7 of your weaknesses that you would be able to name them and write them down in under a minute...right? But isn't there something wrong with that picture? Why can you name 7 weaknesses, but not 7 strengths? Unfortunately, that is how many people think, so we need to re-think how we think! Right now, Come up with 7 positive one word phrases about yourself... 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) Are you using these talents on a daily basis whether it be at home, at work, or in your relationships? If you're not, then you are missing out on a process of building courage, faith, and conquering fear! It's time that you learned to re-think how you think! Marilyn L. Ali