Make use of this opportunity to discover your talent early and start living your dreams in life. Only if I had come across an article like this when I was younger, I would have discovered my talent earlier and gone farther in pursuit of my dreams.
Hear this short story of mine. I remember back then in the late 90s when I took up a job to work as a classroom teacher in two different schools immediately after my high school. At the first school, I was assigned to take a nursery class with pupils between the ages of 3 and 5 which I took with joy and during the end of the year party my students came out as the best students in the school with their performance in singing, poem reciting, acting and fluency in English language. At the second school, I was in charge of basic class with pupils getting ready to write an entrance exams into high schools. It was a thing of joy for me to know that 98% of the students did exceptionally well in the exams and I was praised for my achievements.
What was the secret? The secret is, I was able to study the pupils, made them overcome their fears, made them love the subjects they hated, made them develop more interest for the ones they loved and made them believe they could be the best among their peers. I also went out of lesson book to teach them what they needed to know which was not included in the curriculum. I was also very friendly with them though appeared tough whenever they wanted to abuse the opportunity.
What was the secret? The secret is, I was able to study the pupils, made them overcome their fears, made them love the subjects they hated, made them develop more interest for the ones they loved and made them believe they could be the best among their peers. I also went out of lesson book to teach them what they needed to know which was not included in the curriculum. I was also very friendly with them though appeared tough whenever they wanted to abuse the opportunity.
Here is what I am trying to pass across! In all the times I spent at both schools, I was doing all these things not even knowing I was making use of my talents in motivating, coaching, and teaching. I didn't have anyone to say to me Tunji, that is your talent. I didn't have a mentor to also tell me I could become a good writer when I came FIRST in a national essay writing competition tagged 'Children In Agricultural Programme (CIAP '99)'
I would say that the youths of nowadays are lucky and opportuned to read articles, watch videos and also listen to audios on how to discover their talents and start living up to their potential.
Reading this, I hope you've gained something and you will make use of the opportunity by digging deep inside of you to discover what you love to do naturally and start using it to influence other people positively. Start using it to achieve great success, because it is what you deserve. You deserve success.~Tunji Oyedokun
