What is Giftedness?

Giftedness is the unique way you were designed to function. It's the inborn core strengths and natural motivation you instinctively use to do things that are satisfying and productive. Not just what you can do, but what you were born to do, enjoy doing, and do very well.

While other factors such as IQ, personality, environment, and upbringing certainly play a role in shaping your life, giftedness expresses your essential personhood—what makes you you and sets you apart from everyone else.

Whatever your giftedness is, it's the key to your personal and professional success and satisfaction. After all, you were born with motivated ability to do certain things particularly well. For example, do you enjoy playing an instrument? Giftedness is the core motivation that causes you to enjoy it. So it is throughout your life. Whenever you engage in activities that summon your giftedness, you feel satisfied and happy.

In the past, people discovered their giftedness either accidentally or through secondhand observations from others. That's not very precise. And those methods aren't nearly enough in contemporary society, where the need to know one's strengths is critical. Yet most people have, at best, only a vague sense of their giftedness. And many are blind altogether as to what their real contribution might be.

At TheGiftednessCenter^SM, we identify your unique giftedness and then help you use that information to make meaningful choices for your life and work.