Ever envied someone else with a great talent you wish you had? Ever wondered why the genius in your class had to read 20 times less and achieve 10 times more than you do academically? Ever thought about why some guy has a success rate of 80% with women when you have 10%? Ever been amazed why some people always know what to say at the right time and you don’t? Ever been appalled by the weakness of your business ideas when some make goldmines out of almost anything?

Thinking along the above lines will make you realize that the “evers” are so many…. and so what? Those who are too concerned about the talents and uniqueness of others will never find time to discover what makes them tick. I tell you; no man is more than a 100%. We were made in His image – all of us – to perfection – none substandard. Deep thinking made me realize that no matter the unique skill and talents we have we cannot be more than a 100%. Therefore to be extremely capable in one thing will mean to be less capable in others. An obvious talent/skill/gift will make you known but it doesn’t complete you as a human – a combination of all other factors does that.

Basically we are all given same chances to what we want to be be. Based on how we develop ourselves some capabilities become accentuated than others – they eventually make us stand out. However with this trade off we are less proficient in other areas. The idea is to be balanced in all other things except the one thing in which you stand out. That to me is what makes you complete. So… there is no need envying others or feeling inferior; you only have to look into yourself and discover you own unique selling point as we all cannot be good at the same things. How accomplished we feel in life is a function of how we have developed different areas of our living in percentages. In the end nobody is more than 100%. Others have developed their percentages the best way they can. You should do same.

However be wary not to develop your percentages in such a way that you become average with no stand out points. This is how most people develop themselves; to be no different from the next guy but in reality common things are not attractive.