There are several ways to examine your life to discover how to add value from your sweet spot. Right now I’d like to offer two. One is analytical; the other is intuitive. First, the analytical method: use the perspective outlined in the chapter to determine how you can add value:
• Look backward—what have I been given? What unique experiences and resulting insights can you use to add value to others?
• Look inward—what do I have to give? What talents, strengths, and skills do you possess that you can use to add value to others?
• Look outward—what can I do? What can you do daily to add value to others?
Write your answers to these questions. Then become determined to leverage what you have for others every day.
If that method doesn’t suit you, then try the intuitive method: pay attention to what you feel when you help people. When I add value to people by communicating with them, especially on the subject of leadership, it resonates within me.
What resonates within you? When do you possess the sense that you were made to do a particular thing? Take time to brainstorm any and every moment in your life when you felt you were doing what you were meant to do. Write down each of those moments, what you were doing, and what exactly resonated in you. Then spend time reflecting on them until you can see a pattern or otherwise make some sense of it.