A speaker argues that your true talents often feel invisible because they come naturally. You need others to point them out, then cultivate them seriously. When aptitude meets passion, skill, and market demand, you've found your purpose.
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It's what are you good at? But I like to say, what do you have the aptitude to be good at? Because the fish is always the last one to realize it's in water. And usually, sometimes the things that come second nature to you can't be realized by you because it comes so naturally, it comes so easily. Sometimes you may need someone to tell you, like, hey, John, you're pretty good at this. Or, hey, Dr. Wayne, you're an amazing author, right? And then it's like, oh, I am. Maybe I should take this a little more seriously. And sometimes the skills that we have and the talents that we have haven't been cultivated, right? So it's like, what do you have the aptitude to be good at? And when you have something that intersects all four circles, you have found your reason for being.