Find Your Niche

" To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it,
is the key to happiness"

John Dewey

American Philosopher

I believe that we are all good for something. Really!! The key is to pinpoint it, work at it and hone at it, and sell yourself to others! THERE IS POTENTIAL IN EVERYBODY. The question is, have you found yours and have you tapped into its maximum potential?

Firstly, I wish I could shift beyond this paradigm that our career or occupation must be in sync with our degree and relevant to whatever we studied for years in university. Come on!! Just take a look at Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of Amazon.Com. His academic background is in computer science and electrical engineering, not business! But that didn't stop him and he charted success and created history. So don't let this mindset stop you from taking the plunge and following a different path.

As for me, it's never about the exams and not everything is about producing excellent grades nowadays. Schools, universities and even our places of work are locations of discovery :

- where you discover yourself, identify your niche and seek opportunities-

Nobody cares about your grades when you enter a boardroom full with company CEO's and Directors to do a project proposal presentation. To come up with a decision, then they need to value how good is your proposal truly are. They want to know what is your limits. They're eager to know what is your weaknesses are. They wouldn't ask where did you graduated or so. Because that's the real world now. Thus I admit that the method of judgement always differ from one person to another.

BILL RANCIC

(The Apprentice Season 1 WINNER)

In the show, THE APPRENTICE, the contestants was divided into two categories: BOOK SMART and STREET SMART. My business idol, Bill Rancic was a street smart and he won the contest. This is my point:

" While formal schooling is an important advantage, it is not a guarantee for success nor is its absence a fatal handicap"

RAY KROC
(Founder of the McDonald's Corporation)

So, my dear friends and readers, let us take a moment now to reflect on our skills, talents and abilities. What is that you are good at or are aspiring to excel in? Well, I already found my niche and I hope I could discover more about myself soon. I'm hitting the big time with consultation and negotiation marketing. I don't possess a degree at all! But I am firmly believe in the importance of education. How about you? I'm sure you are far better than me. Go and discover it before it's too late.