This week - in our final missive until January - I’d like to explore the topic of gifts.
I’m not talking about what we should or should not give to our clients, friends and supporters, as I rather hope you’ve already handled that one. (He said, smugly).
No, the gifts I’m talking about are the ones you are born with yet may not be making full use of in your work.
Making full use of our natural gifts can enable us to work effortlessly…well pretty nearly.
Let me give you an example. A while ago I spoke with Ros, a soloist who was struggling with financial planning. Didn’t like it. Didn’t understand it. Wasn’t doing it. Through conversation it became clear that while handling the money side wasn’t so good, there was no shortage of dreaming and planning.
Ros has a natural gift when it comes to visualising the future. She does it all the time and not just for herself.
We decided to allow this natural gift to run free, the only proviso being that it had to be captured in writing. By so doing, Ros had something tangible - a documented vision for the future of her business.
Armed with this, Ros found it easy to put dollars alongside dreams. In a short while she had the makings of a financial plan. She used one of her natural gifts to support something that did not come naturally.
So what’s your finest gift and how might it positively impact more on your work in 2007?

Stumble it!