Are You Ignoring Your Gift?

For most of my life, I thought my approach was common.

If someone said, “I have this idea,” I immediately see the final product and the steps needed to get there.

I could see who it’s for, how to position it and different use cases.

That always felt obvious to me.

So I didn’t treat it like anything special.

I thought, this is so easy. I don’t even think this is a thing.

Fast forward 30 years.

I now understand that what feels easy to you is often the thing other people can’t access on their own.

Not because they aren’t smart.

Because they aren’t built like you.

What feels simple is the result of your wiring, your education, your lived experience, your perspective.

It’s the combination.

You don’t notice it because you’ve always had it.

When something feels effortless, we dismiss it.

We assume it’s basic.

We assume everyone sees it.

We assume it doesn’t count.

But ease is often the clue.

If you find yourself saying,

“That’s so easy.”
“I don’t even think this is a skill.”
“Isn’t this obvious?”

Pause there.

That might be your gift.

The thing you’ve been doing all along.

And if you’ve been brushing it off because it doesn’t feel hard, you might be overlooking the most valuable part of what you bring to the table.