Use Your Gift

Over the past few months, I've had the opportunity to work on an amazing project that has allowed me to meet some amazing women. While I set out to complete this task as an extra job, it ended up becoming an amazing gift and an eye-opening experience for me. Throughout this journey, I sat down with many people who shared their stories that were truly inspirational. There was one young lady in particular who truly impacted me. From the jump, I was amazed at how young yet humble this young lady was. She shared with me her journey and how she simply maximized on her God-given potential to reach her current level of success. 

Later that evening as I reflected, it dawned on me how simple success really is if, in fact, we stop sleeping on our gift.  I think about the many of women who aspire to gain success and pay a lot of money to attend workshops and training on how to be successful, when in fact success sometimes lies in the palm of our hand, yet we fail to acknowledge and utilize it. Something the young lady shared that really stood out to me is as follows:

It isn't the fact that we don't know how, but more so the fact that we spend so much time planning. We believe we have so much control when we know that often times things we plan never go the way we plan them. If we stop spending so much time planning and simply maximizing on our gift, perhaps a lot more of us would be successful.

It seems that after this encounter, I met so many women who were at places in their lives where they had gotten stuck or some who just simply felt they didn't even know where to start. The answer for both was simple; YOUR GIFT! You start with your gift. Your gift is yours. It's what you know and what you are an expert in. I'm sure that sounds a bit crazy when you feel like there are others who do the same thing you do, but NO ONE CAN DO WHAT YOU DO THE WAY YOU DO IT! As I found myself saying this to other young women, I also had to believe this for myself. There are others out here waiting on you and counting on your gift. If its hair, writing a book, doing makeup, elevating the fashion industry or starting a business; my advice remains the same: USE YOUR GIFT!! We often see things not working out the first or third time as a failure, but the reality is, YOU CANNOT FAIL AT YOUR GOD GIFTED TALENTS AND ABILITIES. Overthinking and overplanning will result in missed opportunities... WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?? GO FOR IT!!


-Nique Notes