It can be difficult to see your place in the world. We all should thrive biologically, psychologically, and spiritually on human interaction. There always needs be a balance between being an individual, and acknowledging that you’re part of a whole. Dealing with others is part of becoming the best version of you. Here are five helps to construct an awareness of self that encourages compassion, generosity, and love towards others.
1.
Be clear: Your role in life is
not to be the smartest or most capable person in the room. Your role is to
interact with other people, to collaborate with other people, and to foster
talent in other people.
I say this without meeting you because this is
the highest calling to which any of us can aspire. This is where we should be
aiming. You are surrounded by people. Sometimes it is easiest to help those who
have the weakest connections to you.
2.
Be generous: Give others your
time and energy, and the benefit of the doubt. Believe in them even when they
fail to believe in themselves. It takes no ability whatsoever to believe in
someone who is succeeding. What's hard is to see is the talent buried deep
inside someone who does not know it is there.
3.
Be open-minded: Talent takes many
forms, and it brings people to some unusual circumstances. Many of the most
talented people you meet will be utterly different than you. They will think
differently, act differently, and talk differently.
They
may be loud when you want to be quiet, and they may be quiet when you are
searching for advice. Your greatest challenge is to see past your own biases to
spot uniqueness inside a person that may at first make little sense to you.
4.
Be persistent: It is never easy to cultivate talent. People will get
discouraged and distracted. It takes time to accept responsibility for one's
own outcomes. You can help others, but it is not your role to do all the work
for them.
With persistence, you
can communicate two critical lessons: you have talent inside you, and you can
bring it out if you are willing to put in sufficient effort. This leads to two
truths: you have to invest effort in others, and they have to invest effort in
themselves.
5.
Be present: If you are in love
with your own abilities and goals, you will never find the treasures that exist
all around you. To spot talent, you have to pay attention. You have to look for
the smallest clues, and you have to be curious enough to pursue them. The greater
your ability to pay attention, the more talent you will find.
“Life is about balance. Be kind, but don't let
people abuse you. Trust, but don't be deceived. Be content, but never stop
improving yourself.” (Anonymous)[i]
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