25 March 2024
I’m sure many could relate to having an “existential crisis” at some point in life.
What am I good at?
What is my purpose here? What can I do not just for a living, but to actually feel alive?
Navigating through this phase can be challenging, especially when you have to consider the opportunity costs at stake.
Though I am still in the process of self-discovery and building my skills, through my journey, I’ve understood these key principles:
~You are unique, stop trying to be like everyone else.
~Find your “unfair advantage”.
~Everyone has different strengths and no one is completely the same.
What is something that you have while others don’t?
For me, I enjoy and find value in reading books and writing short stories on investing, personal finance, business, positivity, motivation and self-development
Writing allows me to clarify my thoughts and synthesise information by bringing together the range of things I’m interested in and piecing them together.
I can’t tell you with great certainty what is your “Unfair advantage” because only you have the answer.
Here are some guiding questions to discover your “unfair advantage“:
~What are some topics you are passionate about?
~What feels like play to you but work to others?
~Get 5 acquaintances to describe your top 3 strengths. ~What are some common traits that are repeated?
~If you were to give a speech, what would it be about? Who will be the target audience?
~What is your personal branding and unique selling point? How are you different from others?
Most of the time in life, you don’t have to fit perfectly into the “cookie cutter” to succeed.
In their new book, ‘The Unfair Advantage,’ millionaire startup entrepreneurs, Ash Ali & Hasan Kubba suggest that despite our upbringing & circumstances, we all have unfair advantages.
It is not just wealthy and well-connected people who can get ahead.
Oprah grew up dirt poor & in a broken home and family. But she could always command people’s attention.
Her grandmother took her to speak at churches.
By the time she was a teen, Oprah had thousands of hours of public speaking experience. That paved the road to her eventual stardom.
Conversely, there are people with endless talent, education, and connections that they never use. So it is less about your advantages and more about how you leverage them.
So what is an unfair advantage?
A condition, circumstance, or asset puts you in a favorable business condition.
It is unique to you and can not be replicated, copied, or bought.
It can be internal or external, earned or unearned, psychological or circumstantial.
We each have unique advantages but often do not recognize what is right in front of us.
Being different makes you unique, especially in the age where everyone is trying to “copy” one another.
Discover your unfair advantage & stay blessed forever.