How To Utilize Your Skills

- DISCOVER YOUR SKILLS
What do you really do easily/ naturally well? What keeps you awake all night? What good thing can you keep at without boredom? What accomplishment gives you a sense of fulfillment? Knowing what gives you satisfaction is an important clue to help you establish your skill skew. This could be hard stuffs like work or soft like your hobbies - singing! You might be surprised to find that your passion lies in what you already do. Don't get too busy looking for something different. Identify and acknowledge these skills.


-ASSESS YOUR SKILLS
You have to begin a process of skills assessment with an end goal of deciding what are the most effective skills and talents you possess. Ask and answer this question: What skills has Almight God gifted and blessed you with and how is He calling you to use them? You may be multi-skilled but you have to streamline them identify your best strength(s). Sincere feedback from other people could help.

- BE PRODUCTIVE WITH YOUR SKILLS
God expects you to be productive with His gifts and skills. As you shown yourself faithful with what God has given you, He will entrust you with more highly developed skills and opportunities to use them. However, if you don't use the gifts God has blessed you with; you primarily short-change yourself in life.

- SEEK TO COMMERCIALIZE YOUR SKILLS
These skills and passion can translate to a viable product or service. "Your bessing will make room for you". Maybe you have a passion for dressing making. How can it be turned into a service that people will be willing to pay for? As an entrepreneur, you might have to make compromises between what you regard as attractive and what your market prefers. Study the ways you can create a product or service out of your skills and passions that people will be interested in. A little research can save you from headaches later on. Don't sit around waiting to find a way for you to use your gift. Make that move now!

- PREPARE TO MAKE SACRIFICES
Once you have found the exact skill and passion you desire to maximise, determine if it can be improved upon, altered, expanded or improved. This will help you foresee your business future and how your product or service will perform within your market.
Nothing is perfect so there are certain things you might have to put up with and some things you might have to put up with and something you might have to let go of. Make sacrifices to prefect your skills. Take that training, offer free services in a related for to learn more, offer a voluntary service, and pay for more knowledge in your area of interest.

- BE COURAGEOUS WITH YOUR SKILLS
Launching out demands some guts! We all get fearful as humans but true success comes from a deep believe in your God-given talents and skills. Keep vision killers far away from you. Relate with people that can improve you to utilise your skills. Initial errors are not sufficient to cow you out! Improve on your skills and take a go at it again.

- GET ACCOUNTABLE WITH YOUR SKILLS
Your skills were given you to prosper. God will hold you accountable for these gifts (skills) and talents. Consider when you stand before God at the end of your life, it would be great if you could say, "I used everything you gave me."

SIMPLE QUESTIONS TO HELP YOU UTILIZE YOUR SKILLS

- Name two of your talents that are most important and necessary to you?

- Overall, how skillful are you with these gifts? Do people give you sincere compliments for tasks carried out?

- How are you developing these skills? Throw yourself into right groups that allow you express and practice them.