NACWL Podcast

Click here to subscribe to our podcast in iTunes. Have You Unwrapped Your Gifts? My fascination with strengths started when I heard an interesting talk a few years ago. I have forgotten much of what the speaker said that day, but one thing they said still rings in my ears is: "Strengths are individually wrapped gifts that the creator of the universe gives to each person the day they're born. The tragedy is that many of us don't open our gifts." That really resonated with me and motivated me - I wanted to unwrap my gifts! And that started me on a treasure hunt for my unique strengths. Back then, I'd never heard of Strengths-Finders and I didn't know how to figure out what my strengths actually were. So I thought about what I wanted to be good at - I kind of "cherry picked" my gifts. (Have you ever done that, or am I the only one?!) Here's what happens to a lot of us: we want to be great at something that isn't really natural to us, so instead of developing our natural strengths, we try to open someone else