Thursday, September 16, 2004
finding my sweet spot
last night was a night of learning and self discovery...well not that i knewmyself better but it was more of feeling the urgency to know myself better. so what am i talking about? it's john maxwell's teambuilding seminar my group at the office attended.
sadly, the team was not able to have the decent dinner we planned to have at cafe bola because we had to endure the grueling traffic every inch of the way from makati to cubao. instead of the hot and creamy pasta we were supposed to have, we had to settle with the nearly cold burgers from wendy's. anyway, the long trip not to mention the grumbling stomach was wellworth it. the seminar was great. well...not perfect. primarily because of some blunders by the production people on the sounds and the lights ,aka, technical problems. i mean, had it not been for these boo-boos, the seminar would have been better.
anyway, john maxwell spoke of his indisputable laws of teamwork. don'tworry, i won't actually dwell on each of them. however, upon hearing this one law, i knew right away, that i had to blog about it because it kind of hit me where it hurts.
The Law of the Niche
All players have a place where they add the most value.
well, this particular law talks about focusing on one's strength than his weakness simply because it IS his weakness. why develop your acrobatic skills when you're good at swimming? why train in playing ball when you're a better dancer? a duck will always be a duck and will never be an eagle. makes sense? well, the basic question is, do i do what i do best???
obviously my answer to the basic question is a clear NO. argh. this is what i hate about talks like this, it makes you reflect and think and pushes you to make sense and make a purpose out of your life.
and what's scary is, the more we focus on the things we're not good at, we kind of lose our touch on the skills we ARE good at, and eventually, as we aim to be good on both things we end up being average on both and good at none. oh that's scary.
but here's the dilemma. i don't know where i'm good at!!! sounds pathetic really, but true. i have been resisting to accept this confusion for the longest time. i DO NOT know where i'm good at. and it's scaring me like hell.
but there's a premise, j.m. said, that everybody is good at something. i guess i just would have to hold on to that premise for now. but really, i REALLY want to know my niche... my sweet spot... my forte... my place under the sun... and i want to know it now before it's too late. five years is quite long a time pretending to be an eagle you know.
babyburn at 10:12 AM
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at 5:23 PM
jajajanice! said... you're good in writing. that's one! :D