Talent

I read the following this morning. I know many of you won't agree with the sentiments, but it is here for you to read anyway.

'We all have equal value in God's eyes, but we don't have equal giftedness. In their book Now, Discover Your Strengths, Marcus Buckingham and Donald O Clifton state that every person is capable of doing something better than the next 10,000 people. And they support that with research. They call this area your strength zone, and they encourage you to find it and make the most of it. It doesn't matter how aware you are of your abilities, how you feel about yourself, or whether you have previously achieved success. You have talent, and God requires you to develop it! But you can only develop the talent you have, not the one you want. When it comes to your character, you must never stop working on your areas of weakness. But when it comes to fulfilling your God-given assignment, you must recognise your strength zone and give yourself to it. Dr John Maxwell writes: 'It's been my observation that people can increase their ability in an area by only two points on a scale of 1-10. For example, if your natural talent in an area is four, with hard work you may raise it to a six. In other words, you can go from a little below average to a little above average. But let's say you find a place where you are a seven; you have the potential to become a nine, maybe even a ten, if it's your strength zone and you work hard! That helps you advance from 1 in 10,000 talent to 1 in 100,000 talent but only if you do the other things needed to maximise your talent.' So, find your strength zone!'

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A bit of bragging - but not about me

We had some lovely news the other day, so I thought I'd share it with you.

We have a fourteen year old grand-daughter. She has shown a lot of interest in my dabbles over the years, and has been stitching since she was 3. One of her options for GCSE is textiles, and her mother has just had a letter to say that she has been placed on the register of talented and gifted children. She has already produced a lovely portfolio. We are having a day together during the next two weeks to play around with some new techniques for her. I'l let you know how it goes.