Talents

How to find your callling

March 4, 2019 By Ilse Noppen

Monday morning – back at work! Is it with a feeling of joy? Or with a heavy sense?

The difference has very likely to do with whether or not one is working in line with ones calling, also called life purpose.

It is not just a question of being good or even great at one’s job. One can be working with one’s talents, coming to great results, yet have a sense of emptiness.

Happiness in professional life comes with three main ingredients: talents, passion and values.

Talents are your tools, to do the work you enjoy. Those are the things you do easily, which give you energy. Even if you have been working very hard, you might well be physically tired, but if you have been working with your talents, you still feel mentally charged.

Passion is about what you love to do most: who do you want to help most? What problem do you want to solve? What solution do you want most to offer? The answers to those questions give you important clues on which direction you want to give your life. [Read more…]

Top 5 Reasons Why You Need to Know Your Talents

February 17, 2016 By Ilse Noppen

There are many reasons why you need to know your talents but these are the main ones I would like to share with you.

1, Energy

It’s very simple. Your talents give you energy, mental energy. When you are doing something where you use your talents, you will feel invigorated, mentally alert and energized. You might feel physically tired but you will still deliver.

Can you remember an occasion when, despite a bad night’s sleep, you not only enjoyed and had fun doing but you delivered? You were definitely using some of your talents!

2, Excellence

When you love doing something, excellence comes easily. And when you excel, success follows. Although you may achieve success, even when you don’t work with your talents, due to hard work, luck or circumstances, success comes more easily when you do use your talents.

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A simple way to bring more energy into your life

May 29, 2015 By Ilse Noppen Leave a Comment

Having a clear view and understanding of your talents, helps you bring more energy to your life. Talents are not about what you are able to do – talents are all about what you LOVE doing. How energized you feel at the end of the day, depends on which talents you give attention to.
Our individual mix of talents comprises of strong, half and small talents. Your strong talents are the activities you really love doing. The small talents are the tasks you would prefer to leave to someone else.

To make this clear, let me use the analogy of balloons. Huhh? Yes.
Imagine your body full of balloons. You have a number of big balloons in you, which represent your strong talents. Dying to find expression, these talents are fighting insight your body for a way out. You can release those balloons, by using them, being your strong talents. When you do so, there is a sense of liberation, relief and lightness. You literally bubble with energy.

You also have small talents, [Read more…]

Why explore your “crazy” ideas

March 23, 2015 By Ilse Noppen Leave a Comment

‘Maybe this idea is a bit crazy. What’s the point of exploring it?!’
This is how a client expressed her resistance to exploring a dream, an idea of hers. What’s the point? I believe there are five points why you should.

Opportunity to learn about a sector

Exploring an idea you have about something you would like to do, allows you to get deeper into the sector. Rather than keep dreaming, and perhaps later in life regretting not having done it, it is better to immerse yourself in the idea: research and read about it, talk to people working in the area, maybe even work or get involved in a similar project if possible. By learning about the sector, rather than having a vague (and maybe wrong) idea about it, you gain clarity on its implications. This might take you a few weeks or even months – but in the end, you’ll talk with knowledge.

Ability to make a well thought-out decision

About a decade ago, I was thinking of setting up a film/documentary production company. [Read more…]

How to Make a Vision board

February 13, 2015 By Ilse Noppen 2 Comments

A Vision board, also called a Treasure map or Goal board, is a collage which reflects your aspirations, hopes and dreams. The idea behind is that if you surround yourself with images of what you want to do, what you want to achieve, how or where you want to live, those aspirations will begin to manifest themselves in your life. And this method has been used for generations already!

It also helps to focus on and to formulate your aspirations. Often our heads are full of wishes, desires, ideas, criss-crossing our heads, non-stop. Making a vision board, helps to calm our thoughts down and come to express what we desire and wish to aim for. A great bonus is that making a vision board is a fun, creative and therapeutic way of expressing aspirations.

To make a vision board, you will need: [Read more…]