Displaying and Demonstrating Our TAGs (Talents, Abilities and Gifts)

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What TAG are You Wearing?  What Does Your TAG Reflect About You?

A TAG is typically thought of as a label, which identifies, describes or provides information about the object, to which it is attached.  The term, "TAG", as it applies to a person's career life, specifically refers to one's talents, abilities and gifts.

Talents: 
One’s natural or intrinsic strengths; those things that come easy to a person.  Typically, talents become apparent when persons are encouraged to express them and provided with the opportunity to develop them.
Example: A parent might notice that their young child is especially good at drawing and reinforces the expression of that talent with positive praise and feedback.

What are your talents?  
  • Reflect on your talents by assessing your accomplishments and successes
  • Recognize what it is that you find particularly of interest and easy to do
  • Explore your talents by exposing yourself to different experiences

Abilities: 
Our abilities determine what we are capable of learning.  As a result, we acquire various skills, based on our abilities. 

 
Example: Persons, who have the ability to recognize and sound out letters typically learn to spell well.
Interaction of Talents & Abilities: During the course of developing reading and spelling skills, a person’s special talent for writing and creating poetry may become evident and get further developed.

Develop your abilities:
  • Take on new challenges
  • Learn new skills
  • Practice and strengthen abilities and skills
Gifts: 
These are our spiritually based callings for ways to manifest or share our talents and abilities. These are typically those talents and abilities that stand out and inform us of a special purpose or mission for which they serve.  This may be experienced as a calling.

Example: A person may recognize that in addition to one’s talent for singing well and that those related abilities have been well developed, they have a gift of imparting these skills to others and feel called to teach music.  

  • Express your gifts
  • Share your gifts in ways that are fulfilling
  • Utilize your gifts in various ways
 Recognize how our TAGs are significant to our career lives in determining a sense of direction, setting goals and achieving success.

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