Join us on the odyssey of moving personal focus from ME to WE by devoting time in our life to helping others. It starts with an inventory of what makes you unique.
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Inspired by Emily Chang’s The Spare Room, the first step into significance is to take an inventory of what makes you unique. These are characteristics that set you apart and make you uniquely you. As Emily says, they can relate to your background, personality, appearance, and might be rooted in your family, education, vocation or even a painful experience from your past.
Here are your starting questions to get your Significance Engine started.
- What do those who know you well tell you that they love about you?
- How might they describe the driving force in your life or your favorite cause? example: we love mentoring start up entrepreneurs.
- What experience have you had that many others have not lived through?
- What have you seen and accomplished in your life?
- What have you been recognized for?
What three characteristics make you the most unique to help others?
Select from these Skills of Significance (SOS):
- Attentive Listener-people seek you out because they feel heard and seen.
- Colorful and Sensory– you add fun and texture to life because your five senses are fully activated.
- Courageous and Risk taker– you exhibit bravery and go out on a limb.
- Creative– your brain is always on with new ideas, especially on how to solve problems.
- Curious– you have an unquenchable thirst to understand how and why things work the way they do.
- Emotionally Intelligent-understanding and managing emotions in oneself and others effectively.
- Emotionally Agile-adaptable, resilient response to emotions with openness and flexibility.
- Empathetic– you really understand the feelings of others.
- Global– you have experienced other cultures and are informed with a worldwide view.
- Helpful Heart Condition– you are the first to notice and assist someone in need.
- Humorous– you have lighter soul, laughing at yourself and at moments of life with levity.
- Independent– you think critically and form your own opinions.
- Inspires others– you possess the ability to rouse and galvanize people.
- Media savvy– you have a knack for creating and sharing content that others find useful and engaging.
- Patient and paced– you remain composed under all circumstances and are deliberately well paced.
- Persistent and tenacious– regardless of the obstacle or challenge, your grit, resilience and strength of character motivate you to persist.
- Survivor– you have successfully coped with and have come out of the other side of unusually challenging circumstances.
Once you have identified your SOS, what’s next? Start with a list of two tangible ways to help or lift others. Assign an accountability partner to remind you about your two ways to help others. Have them check in monthly to see how you are doing and talk about the significance.