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Do you know that gut feeling? The one you ignore but it always ends up being right? Remember the time you sensed something about someone and later it was confirmed? Remember the time you knew exactly how to get something done, but no-one listened and it ended up chaos?
Well, that's your talent and you should pay attention to it a bit more because it is extremely useful in the right circumstances. It is crazy accurate!
But before you think you are superhuman (you still could be), talent unfortunately does not tell you everything. It only gives you the first bit. The starting thread which, if you think about it, is the most important bit. Your talent is not necessarily a strength yet! You have to learn the rest of the code if you want to be truly awesome at what you do.
You see, your talent resides within your subconscious mind. Now here is the mind-blowing reality - Your conscious mind can only process 40 bits of info per second. Your subconscious mind can process 20 million bits of info per second.
That is an amazing 500 000 times faster! And it is 100% accurate!
But you still have to connect your conscious mind to your talent if you want to gain the optimal benefits. Your conscious mind is where learning takes place, it is where you have to work out what to do with the instinct so that it becomes useful.
But that's not all!
When you use your talent, when you grow it, you instantly feel energised, connected and engaged in what you are doing. It is like the proverbial "rush". You simply become alive.
This is key! Because if you are going to push through the natural resistance of life to build strength, competence and confidence in any particular area of your life, you are going to need vast amounts of energy and it certainly is going to need to mean something to you.
And right there is why building on talent makes so much sense. Not only do you have an instinct to work with, but you actually will gain energy and meaning from applying, teaching and mastering that instinct. That sounds like a pretty good deal to me!
A Signature theme should be seen as a cluster of many small talents that can be grouped together because they are similar in their behaviour. In essence, a Signature theme is a set of nuanced talents that collectively create a greater talent.
Not all talents are equal in your mind however. The theme at the top of your list represents the talent that you gain the most energy from using. As you go down your list the energy you gain starts dropping off and around theme 10 starts dropping off rapidly. This means that the theme at the bottom of your list is practically meaningless in terms of energy return - you literally see no point in using it.
The idea is that every human being is given the same set of talents (34 of them) but that they are layered in a different, very unique order creating a specific talent DNA. In fact just in your Top 5 arrangement, the chances of sharing the exact same arrangement with someone else is 1: 33 million!
By the way you can easily unlock your full 34 by purchasing an upgrade code from Gallup.
Because the talents at the top of your list give you so much energy, your greatest investment will be to focus on growing them. It's even better when you start actively weaving your talents together to give you 'super-talents' This really is where your unique value lies due to your unique configuration.
What you do with your talent really is up to you. Just remember that your talents are just the starting thread. It will take work to get that instinct aligned and connected to the real world so that genuine strength can be gained from it.
Also remember that your talents never switch off, they never sleep - they will affect your life with or without you. So I would encourage you to grow your talent. It really is an amazing journey. I know - because if have walked and lived it and I am not stopping now.