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0:00Well, hello everyone. Traditionally,
0:01it's Vlada and her coffee. And in this
0:03video, I'll be inspiring and motivating
0:05you. We'll be talking about how great
0:06you are. And overall, we'll talk about
0:09whether you need to step out of your
0:11comfort zone, what our strengths are,
0:13why we need to know them, how to
0:14identify them, and all that. And if we
0:18haven't met, my name is Vlada "My
0:20Coffee". This is my YouTube channel
0:23where I talk about many different
0:25things. We meet here like girlfriends,
0:28talking about everything in the world:
0:30series, books, self-development, career
0:32. I share only my own experience here.
0:35I am not an expert, not an expert in
0:37everything. Well, honestly, I think
0:39that way, but everything I talk about
0:41here is my personal experience. Just
0:43like I would tell a friend. So you can
0:46wash dishes, pack your things, or put
0:49on makeup to go out somewhere. In short
0:52, turn this video on. Let's go. You see
0:54, I'm a serious woman. I wrote
0:56everything down so I wouldn't forget
0:57anything I need to tell you. And the
0:59first thing I wanted to, you know, I
1:00have it written down, is to explain why
1:02this is to me. Personally,
1:05phrases like: "Go where it's scary or
1:08difficult for you, work on your
1:10weaknesses because you shouldn't have a
1:12single weak point." You have to be a
1:16superman or superwoman with all the
1:19strengths. And, well, you have to be
1:23like an octopus that can do everything
1:25in this world because, well, that's
1:27what the modern world demands from us.
1:31Or there's another phrase: "Step out of
1:33your comfort zone." Have you even, when
1:37was the last time you were in a comfort
1:39zone? Because I don't really remember
1:41when I was there, or why I felt
1:43comfortable there. Well, anyway, for me
1:46, there is a difference between a
1:48comfort zone and some kind of safe
1:50psychological space you are in. But all
1:52these phrases, I can't say they don't
1:55work for anyone at all. For some, they
1:58definitely work, but when we hear this
2:01so much from all sides, both in terms
2:05of work and personal life—develop,
2:08develop, learn to go where it's scary,
2:11even if you're uncomfortable, go there
2:14anyway. Damn, I really want to get to a
2:19place where you're comfortable, where
2:21they value not that you're developing
2:23your weaknesses, but that you're
2:24developing your strengths. And so that
2:28even if it's scary there, it would
2:30still feel great. And today, well, this
2:32is exactly what I’m going to be
2:34talking about a lot. And I think it’s
2:37just very important to understand where
2:39you find it hard to do something just
2:42because you aren't trying hard enough,
2:45and where you find it hard because
2:47it’s objectively not your strong suit
2:50. I think I’ll be giving a lot of
2:53work-related examples, because all
2:55these strengths and weak skills often
2:57manifest themselves at work or in our
2:59self-development. And I remember one of
3:04my first jobs where I was constantly
3:06told: "Vlada, be more attentive, more
3:09attentive, more attentive." God, if you
3:12only knew how much I've hated that
3:14phrase ever since. It was, like, many
3:17years ago, but I just start shaking
3:20when someone tells me I need to be more
3:22attentive, because back then I was
3:25doing tasks that involved numbers,
3:27sending things to people, some kind of
3:29logistics. Even though, for a second, I
3:33was working in PR. And you have so much
3:36work like that where you have to sit
3:38down with Excel spreadsheets, you have
3:40to bury yourself in those Excel
3:41spreadsheets and deal with them for a
3:43long time, monotonously. And back then
3:46I thought: "God, there must be
3:47something wrong with me, because I'm
3:49constantly being told I need to be more
3:51attentive. I keep making mistakes all
3:53the time. And I don't make them because
3:55I'm a bad person, but because, well,
3:57I'm just not interested in doing it.
4:00Because by nature, I’m not a patient
4:03person. It’s hard for me to stay
4:07concentrated for a long time on small
4:09details. It just comes hard to me. And
4:14should I, you know, break myself,
4:17overcome myself, say no, I’ll force
4:19myself, I’ll do it, I’ll check
4:22everything 250,000 times, if it brings
4:25me absolutely no pleasure? There is
4:29this idea that if something is
4:31difficult or hard for you, it means you
4:33are growing there. And therefore you
4:35should lean into it. But for me, there
4:37is a big difference between" it's
4:39difficult, but I'm interested, and I
4:42want to see the result. "And then
4:44it’s perceived more as a challenge.
4:47But it could also be" it's difficult,
4:50and it drains me, and I see minimal
4:53results from it that I’m not
4:55satisfied with. "The lights went out.
4:58What was that? Is this a blackout or
5:00what? Anyway, like, back to the topic.
5:04It's difficult. It drains you, and you
5:05see minimal results from it. You keep
5:07putting it off all the time. And then,
5:10I think you need to ask yourself if
5:12maybe this isn't your zone of
5:14development at all. Maybe I shouldn't
5:16be here in the first place. In my
5:18example, I'll mention two of my jobs.
5:19For instance, the first one I mentioned
5:21to you, where it's difficult but
5:23interesting, and I want to see the
5:25results. That is absolutely my job, the
5:28one I’m in now, because it’s the
5:31most challenging work I've ever done.
5:35This past year working here has been my
5:38toughest year professionally. But at
5:42the same time, I’ve enjoyed it so
5:45much because I felt like I was truly
5:49using my strengths and doing what I’m
5:52actually good at. Well, easily. It’s
5:57not necessarily" easy, "but it comes to
5:59me naturally. And for me, what I’m
6:02doing here has real value. I also had a
6:06previous job where the situation was
6:09the exact opposite. I was doing work I
6:12was developing in, seemingly. It was
6:16similar to what I do now, but I
6:19didn’t feel any significance, or that
6:23I could influence the results, or that
6:27I could show my own strategy and affect
6:32how things developed. And I didn’t
6:35get any satisfaction from it at all. I
6:38was so miserable that I quit and had to
6:41recover for several months afterward.
6:44But how were these two moments
6:46different? Exactly by the fact that I
6:48had a break between that job and the
6:50one I’m in now. And during that break
6:53, I reflected on myself a lot. I
6:55reached out to others to have them look
6:58at me and my experience. And I honestly
7:00made friends with myself and my
7:02impostor syndrome. We made friends, and
7:05I honestly accepted what I really want
7:07to do and what is important to me. You
7:09know, I think it’s great to write
7:12down a list of things that are a
7:14definite" yes "for me and what is a
7:17definite" no. "Why am I talking about
7:19impostor syndrome? Because often our
7:22strengths can be so natural to us that
7:25it seems like," Well, everyone can do
7:27this, what's the big deal? "And we
7:31might undervalue them. I am 1,000%sure
7:34that you have something like that, some
7:36kind of talent you have, and you think
7:38everyone can do it too. But believe me,
7:41not everyone can. I highly recommend
7:45you reflect on what this could be,
7:47because I remember, even recently—
7:49even though it felt like I had
7:51processed all of this and understood
7:53that not everyone can do certain things
7:56—there was a public speaking workshop
7:59at work and I was like:" Oh girls,
8:01what's the big deal about giving a
8:03speech? "Like, just go up and speak,
8:06what’s the problem? Then I realized,
8:08well, damn, not everyone can actually
8:10give a speech. Actually, it’s not
8:12that easy and simple for everyone, even
8:14if it is for me. And I’ve caught
8:17myself doing that many times. I felt
8:21that, well, I really enjoy working with
8:24people. I love working with people. I
8:28love highlighting the strengths they
8:30possess. That’s why I always wanted
8:34to be a manager. That’s why I always
8:36wanted to consult or mentor people. For
8:39me, that was always a fairly important
8:42thing. And yet, I’d be hit by this
8:46imposter syndrome:" God, you probably
8:49can't do this, because you probably
8:52need 350 more degrees for it, or maybe
8:55you need to read 240 more books, and
8:58then you'll be able to consult, or
9:01mentor, or be some kind of guide, and
9:04all that. "But I wasn't accepting the
9:08fact that this came to me very
9:11naturally and very easily. I just had
9:15to come to terms with the fact that for
9:17me, this is a natural thing. It
9:20doesn’t mean I’m not learning or
9:22that I do nothing and I’m just like,"
9:24Okay, I’m going to boss everyone
9:25around now. "No, I put in the effort,
9:28but it’s easier—it might just be
9:30easier for me than for other people
9:32here. And you might ask yourself:" How
9:35do I find out my strengths? "" What am
9:37I good at? "" Maybe I'm just making it
9:40all up that I'm great at working with
9:41people and it’s easy for me, but in
9:43reality, it’s not like that—how do
9:45I find some proof? "and so on. Anyway,
9:48in my experience, there are two best
9:51methods for this. Free and paid. Take
9:55your pick. If we are talking about the
9:57free one, it’s self-reflection. I
10:00realize that I, for example, am a
10:01person prone to self-reflection. I
10:03think about a lot of things, but in
10:06reality, it’s a cool method to think
10:09about yourself, ask other people, and
10:12recall on your own what came easier to
10:15you than to others. Like, even compare
10:18yourself to others at school or work. I
10:22remember how I was in university and I
10:25would explain difficult topics to my
10:27classmates. Simply because I really
10:30enjoyed explaining and teaching things.
10:33Since I was a child, you know, I’d
10:35line up my toys and explain things to
10:38them. Oh yes. And in university, I
10:40really loved doing that. Or maybe you,
10:42for example, find it super easy to work
10:45with Excel. You can do anything,
10:47because you can calculate it and so on.
10:50Or do you have an amazing sense of
10:52spatial awareness? You can imagine a
10:54three-meter elephant in this room,
10:56because I certainly can't. I mean, I
10:58don't understand how; maybe it’s easy
11:00for you to negotiate with people, or
11:02conversely, it's hard for you to
11:03negotiate with others, but you’re
11:05really good at negotiating with
11:06yourself. In short, it’s really cool
11:09to think about what things distinguish
11:11you from others, what questions people
11:13have come to you with. Maybe people
11:18have come to you—maybe your friends,
11:22relatives, or colleagues—and asked:"
11:25Vlada, set up this Excel sheet for us,
11:28or give us a lecture, or come to an
11:31interview, or help us hire people, or
11:34do something else. "You know, that"
11:39only you can do this, only you can talk
11:40to this client "feeling." Only you can
11:43write such a great review, only you can
11:45do that "—well, try to recall things
11:47like that. Or conversely, what you
11:51don't want to put off at work, what
11:54takes the least amount of effort for
11:58you, because I know for myself that I
12:01will put off writing texts for a very
12:05long time. I can sit there and struggle
12:09with it for ages, but giving a public
12:12talk? It’s easy, I’ll just go and
12:16do it. Call me right now to talk about
12:18anything, and I’m ready. Wait, just
12:21look, with every video, Bonechka gets
12:22closer and closer to the frame, you see
12:24? You know how they say that if you
12:28can't run in the right direction...If
12:30you can't run, then crawl. If you can't
12:33crawl, then you should just lie down.
12:34There lies a star. Star Krona. So,
12:39reflection is a free way to learn more
12:41about your strengths, to think about
12:43them, to ask people, and to recall
12:45various work tasks. You can ask your
12:49direct colleagues or your manager:"
12:51What do you think my strength is? What
12:53do you come to me for most often? What
12:57comes easiest to me? And so on. And the
12:59second option is paid, which you’ve
13:01definitely heard of, because people
13:02have been talking about it a lot on the
13:04internet over the last year. Lera
13:06Beradina launched courses with
13:08Nazdruchov. I've read a lot about it in
13:10threads, but maybe you haven't heard.
13:12It's a test called CliftonStrengths.
13:16It’s a test that helps us identify
13:18and name your natural strengths. It
13:22tells us that every person has 34
13:25strengths, which fall into different
13:29groups. Executing, influencing,
13:32strategic thinking, and building.
13:35Relationships. Something like that. All
13:38these 34 exist in each of us, but they
13:40are ranked differently for everyone.
13:43Like, for some people, their top
13:45strength might be analytical skills,
13:47for others, it might be communication
13:49skills, and so on. The cost can
13:52actually vary, up to about $ 60 or so.
13:56And you can buy two options: either
13:59take the full test to see your top five
14:02strengths, or see all 34 and how they
14:05are fully ranked. And to take this test
14:09, you need about 40 minutes because
14:12there are around 170 questions. It’s
14:15quite a lot. They are really cool. I
14:18once read about this test and how it's
14:20designed really well, because the flaw
14:23of many tests is that people, even when
14:25taking them alone, may choose socially
14:28desirable answers. Like, even if you
14:32know no one will read or see it, you
14:34still think to yourself: "No, I'll
14:36write that I love talking to people."
14:39But in reality, you don't. Here, you
14:41have a choice like, I love talking to
14:44people, or I love analyzing data, for
14:46example. Well, that's a rough example,
14:49and you just choose one of the two. You
14:52have limited time to answer each
14:54question so that you don't start
14:57overthinking and just click intuitively
15:00. And after that, you get your results.
15:04I took this test a long time ago and
15:05initially bought the option to see my
15:07top five strengths. And I looked at
15:12them and thought, well, what am I
15:13supposed to do with this? There wasn't
15:17anything there that I didn't already
15:18know about myself. It was like
15:21individualization, significance,
15:23communication, learner, strategy,
15:26anyway, something like that. And I was
15:30like, well, I know this about myself,
15:32what am I supposed to do with it, it's
15:33kind of nonsense. And I didn't pay any
15:35attention to it at all after that. I
15:38read a little bit about what it means
15:40and what to do with it, but I realized
15:43that, well, a mistake of mine was
15:45taking this test for five, um, having
15:47it show only five strengths, because
15:49it's best to see all 34 at once, as the
15:52most important thing isn't this first
15:54five, but your first ten. And the most
15:57important thing is how they match up
15:59with each other. I mean, you might have
16:02great communication skills plus, like,
16:04a great strategy. And how does that
16:06work? Uh, in that combination, for
16:08example. And when I bought this test
16:11for 34 and I saw this full picture,
16:13well, firstly, I was happy, of course,
16:15and thought: "God, I'm so great." Then
16:18I started breaking it down. I, for
16:20example, went to figure it out with
16:22Claude and ChatGPT. Uh, I asked various
16:25questions. Well, first of all, with
16:28this test, you get a very large, uh,
16:30well, unpacking of all of this. It
16:32shows you for each of these talents. Uh
16:35, for each of these strengths, it
16:37writes what it means and where it
16:39manifests. It's best if you read it and
16:41note for yourself, yes, yes, this is
16:44definitely about me, and it shows some
16:46of your blind spots. And I took this
16:48entire test and fed it into ChatGPT.
16:51And we talked about what is most
16:53important to me, like how it can help
16:55me at work, and what might conversely
16:57hinder me or help with the development
16:59of this, that, or the other. And yes,
17:03in many ways, this test simply gave me
17:05confirmation that yes, it's not my
17:07imagination that it's easy for me to
17:09communicate with people, it's not my
17:11imagination that it's easy for me to
17:13mentor someone, because I truly see
17:15people's strengths and it's easy for me
17:17to highlight them for people and help
17:19them continue to develop them. And it's
17:23easy for me to build a strategy because
17:25it's in these strengths of mine. But at
17:28the same time, I have these sides that
17:30are, like, far away after 25th place.
17:33What I like most is that it's not said
17:35that these are your 10 strengths and
17:37those 10 are weaknesses because they
17:39are at the end. No, it's about the fact
17:43that all of this is in you, but these
17:46sides that might be last can be an
17:49obstacle on your path when you use
17:51those strengths to reach some goal of
17:55yours. So, if I'm really bad at
17:58something, I'll find out in time. Oh,
18:01for example, I have the "Learner"
18:02talent, which is in 31st place for me,
18:04way at the very end. So, this might
18:07hinder me somewhere, as I might want to
18:09get something done faster but spend
18:12less time learning, because there are
18:14people who are "eternal students," you
18:17know, they are always absorbing
18:19information, learning new things.
18:21It’s hard for me. But, by the way, by
18:24the way, I’ve always said that I am
18:26very competitive. Like in all board
18:30games, never play with me, because I
18:32need to win at everything. And that’s
18:34all because I have a talent that is in
18:36fourth place, and it has always
18:37manifested itself, and I’ve always
18:39kind of known about it. And here, with
18:41the help of this test, I’ve confirmed
18:43it to myself even more. You might tell
18:45me: "So, I have to pay $ 50 to take a
18:47test?""Just so they can tell me which
18:50Winx fairy I am, and what my strengths
18:52are?" But what am I supposed to do with
18:54that next? I realized that none of the
18:58tests that give you a deeper
19:00understanding of yourself, like career
19:02guidance tests, can tell you exactly
19:04who you should be in life or where you
19:07need to move. And that infinite
19:10happiness and a million dollars are
19:12waiting for you there. This is a test
19:16that helps you better understand
19:18yourself, your behavior, and why some
19:20things come easier to you and some are
19:22more difficult. And you can rely on
19:25this in choosing a profession and in
19:27what you do every day. I also once
19:30heard information that people who use
19:33their strengths in their work every day
19:35are something like six times more
19:38effective. So, why did I return to you?
19:41Because I lacked people, because I love
19:44communication. That’s all. Uh-huh.
19:47This doesn’t mean that if you have a
19:50certain strength, that’s it. We can
19:52just relax and do nothing else. We just
19:55understand that it will naturally be
19:57easier for us to work with it rather
19:59than struggling with a skill, like
20:01empathy, for example, which you might
20:04not have. And it’s clear that it’s
20:07harder for you to be an empathetic
20:08person if it’s not natural for you.
20:11Yes, maybe we don’t even need to go
20:12there if it’s not natural for us. In
20:14any case, your natural talent or your
20:18natural strength does not equal your
20:21skills. So, it still doesn’t mean
20:24that if you’re great at communication
20:26, you can walk out onto a stage with a
20:29microphone for the first time in your
20:31life and everything will work out.
20:34Because you still need to put in some
20:37effort, learn it, test it all out, and
20:40have some discipline to build it up in
20:43order to get better at it. My main
20:46point here is: why spend the same
20:50amount of effort on things you're just
20:54"okay" at, versus things where you have
20:58a natural aptitude, where you could
21:01develop much faster? The thing is, just
21:06as I told you it's important to know
21:09how your weaknesses can hold you back,
21:12you also need to know how your
21:14strengths can sometimes get in your way
21:17. The test also outlines these blind
21:21spots of yours, like, for instance, how
21:23you're able to make quick decisions.
21:26That's awesome. It's great that you're
21:28flexible and can work in uncertain
21:31conditions, but because of that, you
21:33might also be super impatient. Or, the
21:36fact that you're great at communication
21:39might stop you from considering that
21:41other people probably need a bit more
21:44time to warm up or adjust. Or if you're
21:47a super responsible person, which is
21:49awesome, you might end up taking on way
21:51too much that you really shouldn't be
21:52taking on at all. So, for me, it's
21:56generally about the fact that if you
21:58aren't succeeding at something, it’s
22:01not always a sign that you need to be
22:03more careful, do better, try harder, or
22:05stay up all night. Maybe it’s just a
22:09sign that, well, it is what it is. Like
22:12, maybe it’s just not for me. And
22:14from there, you can think about it and
22:16reflect on it. Write in the comments
22:18what you think about this. I’m
22:20genuinely curious, because I haven’t
22:22really dropped any, you know, topics
22:24that are easy to comment on, to be
22:25honest; as always, everyone who watched
22:27until this moment, you are the best
22:29people in the world, so I love you. See
22:32you in the comments and in the next
22:34videos. Bye everyone. Yeah.

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