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#140 - Steven Rudolph is the founder and CEO of Multiple Natures International where he helps people to understand themselves and become more aligned with their values.  He explains how to find what your natural talents are, let go of societal expectations and balance what you enjoy and what you’re skilled at.

What you'll learn

• [5:31] The danger of overestimating or underestimating your abilities.
• [9:52] How to let go of the expectations society places upon us.
• [15:50] The difference between hard work and challenging work.
• [18:13] What to do if you feel you have no talents.
• [20:26] How to find out what your natural talents are.
• [24:40] How to help your children identify their natural talents.
• [26:04] How to balance what you enjoy and what you’re skilled at.
• [32:31] How to assess where you are misaligned in your work.
• [37:23] How understanding yourself can help you respond to outside challenges.

Resources mentioned in this episode (some of these are affiliate links and we may get a commission in the event that you make a purchase - this helps us to cover our expenses and is at no additional cost to you):

• The Queen’s Gambit
• “There’s not a letter that cannot be made into a mantra, there is not a herb that cannot be made into a medicine and there is not a person without a valuable quality, but the rare thing is somebody who can find those qualities and help to extract them.”
• Coursera
• Nataraja, the Dancing Shiva
• Getting Right With Tao, Ron Hogan

For the show notes for this episode, including a full transcript and links to all the resources mentioned, visit:

https://changeworklife.com/how-to-discover-and-use-your-natural-talents/

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