Get Weird in 2011

Certified since 2005

It’s not a typo…Get Weird in 2011!!

I guess I’ve always kind of been a maverick. Even as a kid, normal people made me nervous. I respected them, even wanted to be like them. But, I was always afraid they’d figure out I wasn’t "normal".

But guess what, normal is not what’s it’s cracked up to be. First of all, who’s normal? We were all “uniquely knit in our mother’s womb.” It’s time to embrace your uniqueness!! What’s special about you? What are your God given strengths?

StrengthsFinder 2.0 is an excellent tool to start uncovering the mystery of you. This is one thing you can do for you right now! And it’s only 10 bucks and some change. You can get it at your local bookstore or online.

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Do you want to live a cookie-cutter life? Or, do you want to
discover your unique talents, strengths and passions? If
God made us all the same-- life would be pretty boring.
Take a look at yourself, look inside…begin to discover
who you really are!!

So instead of making some traditional New Year’s
Resolution to lose weight, make more money, etc. Decide
to become who God intended you to be—perhaps one step
at a time. You can start by reading your Bible and having daily conversations with your Maker.

If you want next New Year’s Day to be different…what are you willing to change today?

This is one thing you can do for you right now!
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Dave Ramsey sheds some insight from Marcus Buckingham's book, Go Put Your Strenghts To Work:

According to Buckingham, "Most people think your strengths are what you're good at, and your weaknesses are what you're bad at." He explains that this isn't a good way to measure your strengths and skills.

There may be a lot of things that you're good at, but hate doing. Just because you're good at something doesn't make it a strength. You also must have a passion for what you're doing—that's what qualifies it as a strength.

"A better definition of a
strength," said Buckingham,
"is an activity that makes
you feel strong. And a
weakness is an activity that
makes you feel weak. Even if you're good at it, if it drains you, that's a weakness."

He recommends writing down activities that drain you or energize you during a regular week. This will prohibit others from confirming or denying your strengths and weaknesses. Instead, you're determining what they are without letting other people's opinions influence you.

Once you have determined your strengths, you need to refine and sharpen your skills. "You grow the most, learn the most, develop the most in the areas where you already have some natural advantage," said Buckingham.

According to Buckingham, there are four clear signs of a strength:
1. Success—This is effectiveness in the activity you are doing.
2. Instincts—Find those things that you instinctively look forward to, and capitalize on them.
3. Growth—You're growing when you can concentrate on an activity, and time just flies by.
4. Needs—Some activities might make you tired, but they fulfill you.

Now that you know your strengths, it's time to put them into action. From your list that you kept throughout the week, write down three strength statements. Buckingham said the statements should be "specific enough to conjure up passion within you, but general enough for you to apply every week." He says you can't build a career around your best unless you know your strengths. "It's one of the skills of life." **