278 Utilizing Your Natural Talents While Living With Intention - a podcast by Sarah Elkins

278 Utilizing Your Natural Talents While Living With Intention 

 

Variety is the spice of life as the saying goes, and that also applies to the conversations we have with others. Through these important conversations that diversify our knowledge of others we can in turn learn about ourselves and the skills we can bring to any environment we find ourselves in.

In this episode Sarah Elkins and Sharon Seivert discuss the importance of finding people and places that compliment and help apply the natural talents that are unique to each individual in a constructive way that helps everyone flourish.

 

Highlights

• People are multidimensional and it’s important to have constructive conversations with them.

• Utilizing your gifts and talents to bring happiness and fulfillment to yourself.

• Having a sense of purpose to be devoted to but also to not be rigid and allowing yourself to be flexible to find what matters.

• Holding space so that another can heal and find their way.

 

Quotes

"God knows we need everybody to bring their gifts to the world now in the state of transition that we are in. This is the moment that we want to support everybody in doing this. To the listeners out there; get on with it because the world needs your gifts and you will be so happy and satisfied if you bring them." 

“It’s really extraordinary how the human spirit can recalibrate.”

“When you give a helping hand to someone they can do it, sometimes that’s all they need is just that reach out, a couple of tools, someone who believes in them, and some really practical stuff to do, and we can move that needle. And they can transform their lives, but they are doing it.”

 

Dear Listeners it is now your turn,

What will you do with some nugget that you took away from this conversation? What small step can you take to find your natural talent or if you already know what it is, what small step can you take tomorrow to start living it with intention?

And, as always, thank you for listening. 

 

About Sharon

Sharon Seivert serves as CEO of Core Coaching & Consulting, LLC and its non-profit sister organization, Core Learning Services, Inc. She also is the author of The Superpower of Balanced Leadership in Unbalanced Times, which is the fifth book in her Superpower of Balance series. 

 

For the past decade, Sharon and her international colleagues at Core Coaching & Consulting have guided senior leaders and business owners to grow their companies without burning out themselves (or the people who work for them). She uses the highly pragmatic, elegantly simple methodology described in her writings to help business leaders increase their confidence, master their thoughts and emotions, and develop strategies that are clear and effective at all levels of the organization. Sharon also partners with leaders to steadily implement these strategies in real-time, navigating past internal blind spots and external obstacles until they deliver a whole new level of measurable results.

 

In her capacity as leader of the non-profit Core Learning Services, Sharon brings these same teachings to teachers and children in North America, South America and Europe, with the goal of improving the practical life & skills of our future world citizens and leaders, while also providing helping them develop their own moral compass and purpose-driven happiness. As another way to pay-it-forward, Sharon hosts regular Core Community events during which she provides her services free to people all over the world. Sharon’s prior professional experience includes serving as CEO of a Group Health Plan, Vice President of a think-tank, and Director of a regional health facility. 

 

All the books Sharon has written have been enriched by the real-life experiences of thousands of clients, making these writing immediately useful; these include the following titles: 

 

(In the Superpower of Balance book series)

•        The Superpower of Balanced Leadership in Unbalanced Times

•        6 Steps to Leading Your Life and Work (from the Inside Out)

•        Prospering: 6 Steps for Spiraling Up to Great Wealth

•        SOS: Switch Off Stress - 101 Really Fast Ways to Switch Off Stress (6 Seconds to 6 Minutes)

•        The Balancing Act: Mastering 5 Elements of Success in Life, Work, and Relationship

(Other books)

•        Working from Your Core: Personal and Corporate Wisdom in a World of Change

•        Knowledge Leadership: The Art and Science of the Knowledge-based Organization (co-authored with Steven Cavaleri, Ph.D.)

 

Sharon has BAs in Music and Psychology (both summa cum laude) from the University of Minnesota. After leaving the university, she embarked on a pragmatic track of self-directed research and education, which continues to this day. 

 

Connect with Sharon on her LinkedIn, and Facebook!

Be sure to check out Sharon’s websites CORE Coaching & Consulting, and check out Core Learning Services, Inc to purchase her books!

About Sarah

"Uncovering the right stories for the right audiences so executives, leaders, public speakers, and job seekers can clearly and actively demonstrate their character, values, and vision."

In my work with coaching clients, I guide people to improve their communication using storytelling as the foundation of our work together. What I’ve realized over years of coaching and podcasting is that the majority of people don’t realize the impact of the stories they share - on their internal messages, and on the people they’re sharing them with.

My work with leaders and people who aspire to be leaders follows a similar path to the interviews on my podcast, uncovering pivotal moments in their lives and learning how to share them to connect more authentically with others, to make their presentations and speaking more engaging, to reveal patterns that have kept them stuck or moved them forward, and to improve their relationships at work and at home.

The audiobook, Your Stories Don’t Define You, How You Tell Them Will is now available!

Included with your purchase are two bonus tracks, songs recorded by Sarah's band, Spare Change, in her living room in Montana.

Be sure to check out the Job Interview Storytelling Course as well to make sure you nail that next interview!

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