Superstar!

Day Eight prompt: You were born with an incredible gift that strengthens every day with no practice. What is it? How do you share it with others?

I was born with many incredible gifts, just ask my parents! Or my friends. But, sadly, I was not born with an incredible gift that strengthens consistently, and with no practice.

If I go behind the veil of reality, I would choose mind-reading. Why? Many reasons. Mind-reading would allow me to know what someone else is thinking, which has obvious benefits in a business context, but it would allow me to be more empathetic with people. Many people can be sympathetic, but few can be empathetic, and empathy is sometimes the thing that makes all the difference to someone in being able to handle an issue in their lives. Empathy is one of the main reasons for choosing mind-reading. And just by treating that person in a more empathetic manner, I would be sharing my gift.

The gift of mind-reading would also allow me to gain competitive edge in business meetings, know what people are thinking, and be able to have a ready answer as soon as they ask a question; or keep the question from arising by brining up a point that wraps what they were thinking into my response or solution. I am highly competitive at all I do, but in work very much so, so any edge I can get I will take. It would allow me in pitch meetings to read the mind of the prospective client, and view how they are comparing us to the competition, and I can take that learning back, so we can continually improve our presentation.

And, as my Alzheimers continues to slowly ravage my father, I would hope that mind-reading would allow me to still see the father I know, and see what he is thinking, what he is wanting, and how we can help him, even at points when the disease makes it impossible for him to verbally tell us. I could share this with my family (assuming it was not all negative that would cause further pain) so they knew we had a way of still reaching dad.

And with having much of my family and friends scattered around the globe, I would be able to have a bit of a check in on them as I go to sleep, so I can see those I love and care about, see what they are thinking, and note anything I can do to help them the next day.

Not terribly exciting — I haven’t felt much like writing the past few days, I have loads going on, and it feels like I have 1000 things to do that I can’t pass to anyone else, but I have no time to do them, and starting my new role Monday is just an extra stressor. So sorry for the rather bland writing there!