Process Of Identifying One’s Natural Talents JSS1 Civic Education Lesson Note

PROCESS OF IDENTIFYING ONE’S NATURAL TALENTS

Talents are natural abilities to do things well. They are natural gifts a person is born with and are discovered by the owner.

Each person’s talent is unique and enduring. A person’s greatest room for growth is in the areas of his or her greatest strength (natural talents).

Process of discovering one’s natural talents:

The talents of most people are hidden in plain sight, but so interwoven and can be hard to detect. However, they leave tracks and can be discovered and developed. Think about yourself you will know you have many abilities. Things about it or without effort.

You can identify your talents by the following:

1. 1. Natural Abilities: these are things we can do naturally. One should be able to identify things one can do with ease for example some are: good at taking care of pets, others have the skill to impact knowledge and others are good money managers.
2. Academic Abilities: one’s performance in various subjects, offered in school can be used to adjudge one’s talent. Some students are good at vocational subjects and others in languages.
3. By Asking people: one’s talent can be discussed by asking one’s friends, parents, teacher, or other people close to us.
4. By reading books: reading gives knowledge and knowledge destroys ignorance and empowers one. Therefore, read! By doing so you can discover your talents and find ways of developing them.

HOW TO NURTURE ONE’S TALENTS

1.       Constant practice: practice tracks perfection, your motor what you do every day.
2.     Reading books relating to your skills: this will introduce you to higher skills in your abilities or talents.

Assignment:

(i)                Describe talents

(ii)              State ways of developing one’s talent.