The Truth About You

Could it actually be that simple? I mean really, that's all there is to it? Well I guess I have tried just about everything else so why not give this a go...  This is the internal conversation I am having with myself while reading the book "The Truth About You".  This book is supposed to help you whittle away at all the misinformation that has been pumped into our heads since birth, all the talk about how important it is for you to be well rounded and focus on improving your weaknesses.  Those conversations that you have heard for years that went something like, "yes, that's good that your are great at that but what about focusing on improving this...". You know how the story goes, what we are naturally good at or interested in is never enough we must not pour too much energy into those things, but instead spread it out over many things.  I always found that way of thinking odd and this book only reinforces what I knew since I was a child.  

There is nothing wrong with not wanting do the things that don't interest you, this does not mean you are lazy.  No one bothers telling Lions that being a Lion isn't enough you should really work on your digging skills because those Moles over there have you beat. lol We don't bother doing that, do we?  No we accept a Lion for be exactly that, and we praise it as the "King of The Jungle" as a reward.  So why don't we take that same line of thinking when it comes to ourselves?  The Truth About You states that as humans we know what our passions are at a very young age.  The things we do with such great fervor as children are exactly the things we were meant to be doing as adults.  Think back to when you were a child and you would spend countless hours doing things that you loved, you did not need to be paid for these tasks and often it did not matter if you were ever recognized for completing them.  These are your passions and you have known them for as long as you can remember. For some reason our society has placed a premium on educating them out of you or forcing you to spread your efforts over so wide a spectrum that you lose touch with exactly what those activities were in the first place. Why is that? Why is our education system structured to cloud a vision that once was so clear? 

I understand that diversity of knowledge is important and one must be able to be functional in more than one arena but that doesn't mean you spend twelve years or more doing it.  Even in college you pick a major and then have to pay for auxiliary classes that have nothing to do with what you signed up for.  Why? Just to make more money for the institution? If so, then that is truly sad. Reading this book and completing the tasks has really pushed me to revisit exactly who I am and what I consider my strengths.  Not just what I am good at but what I do that makes me feel strong.  

My New Years Resolution for 2015 was to be more Me, whatever that may be. I can honestly say that with this book I am well on my way to doing just that.