James Whittaker explains how you can master your skills:
Mastering any new skill all comes down to purposeful practice and wanting it enough. So Napoleon Hill, the author of Think and Grow Rich, which is the best-selling self-help book of all time, said that the starting point of all achievement is desire, and you actually need to have a pulsating desire that can never be extinguished or knock you off course irrespective of what adversity you face. Once you put in that simple and consistent action and you know what your perfect destination looks like, just focus on the seeds you sow, not the harvest you reap and the outcome will take care of itself.
The zone of genius starts with being unconsciously incompetent. Realizing that you're really bad at something, but have no idea whatsoever until someone says, "you're bad at this." Then you become consciously incompetent.
Now you know that you're not very good at something and the next stage is learning. This is the murky stage where we have to show complete vulnerability. As we show that vulnerability and we lean into it, we begin to learn, and that helps us become consciously competent.
Consciously competent is knowing, "I'm really good at this. I'm really, really good at this, and everyone around me knows this," but that's not the last stage. The last stage is unconsciously competent and that's your zone of genius.
Unconsciously competent consists of things that are so easy for you to do that you have no idea why anyone around you is looking around and going, "I can't do this." You think it should be so easy for everyone that you discount it. You say, "I don't have to work at this, so there's not enough value in it." You discount your zone of genius and for many of us who want to work for a living, we suddenly say, "well, I've gotta make money working hard, so I'm going to go to where I'm consciously incompetent because it's difficult meaning that people will pay more for it."
But the truth is, your zone of genius is where you are unconsciously competent. Get the clarity on where you find things the easiest, because there are a ton of people out there who that's not easy for. Your zone of genius is where you can make the most impact and also where you can make the most money.
Do you have strong interpersonal skills? I would love to help you level up your people skills. A strong interpersonal intelligence can help you in your career, personal relationships, and even romantic life. In this video, I will go over the interpersonal skills you need to know to get ahead in work and life.
I want you to take a moment to consider your answer to this question: What are you doing to keep your brain healthy and active? You may be spending hours each week focusing on developing a strong and flexible physical body, but fail to devote any time to actively seeking out ways to improve your mental fitness.
The call for nominations is currently open. There will be six (6) awards presented at the Gala spanning four categories: Businesses (two awardees), Workforce Participants (two awardees of current participants or alumni), Community Partners (one awardee) and Youth Leadership (one awardee age 16 to 24) that have exemplified being a “Workforce Champion” in Solano County.
To obtain a nomination form and guidelines visit: http://solanoemployment.org/gala and click on the “Attached Files” section on the right side of the page. All nominations are due on August 16th at 3:00pm. For questions regarding the nominations email Chainey Brown at cbrown@solanowdb.org.
What is career training? In this video, I will share my top career strategies for greater success. Sometimes you need to know where to focus your energy if you want to get out of a career rut. I will give you 3 career strategies you can use.
