Finding Your Element: How to Discover Your Talents and Passions and Transform Your Life

Many of us wish we were good at poetry or graphic design or mixology or any of a million other things, but have avoided them because our only experiences at trying to learn them were negative.

away from courses they would like to take in school by well-meaning parents, friends or teachers who tell them they will never get a job doing that. Real life often tells a different story.

One way to learn more about your own aptitudes—the ones you know about already and the ones you might not—is to take a range of different aptitude tests.

Your Inner Knowing: Unlocking the Secrets to Creative Success;

“Do you like what you do each day?”

Seeing what others achieve who share your passion can drive you to push the boundaries of your own work and to raise the bar of your own aspirations.

“The more I turned up, the more easily the words flowed. I could hear my ‘voice’ getting stronger. There came a point where I wanted someone to share what I’d written and as a result I became more confident with my writing and more confident in myself, thrilled to learn that my friends had escaped into this fantasy I had created.

What sorts of activities come especially easily to you? What do you feel your natural talents are? How did you first become aware of them? Do you have any aptitudes that you’ve never considered developing? Do you have any talents that you haven’t developed but wished that you had? Do you have any talents that you’ve been discouraged from developing

What have been the most important influences and turning points in your life? Which aspects of your life engage you most? Which ones engage you least? Do you know what your Element is? Do you know what direction you want to move in? What would you like to do that you haven’t tried yet? Why haven’t you?