It’s great, and sometimes even odd, when you discover a talent. Ex-007 Roger Moore is noted to have impressed a crew on one of his later James Bond films with his truck-driving skills, something he learned as a struggling actor. Crime writer Raymond Chandler, originally an executive and now considered one of history’s best writers, managed to find a talent for writing when forced to during the Great Depression. Music producer Berry Gordy failed at both marriage and record store operation, but used the production tactics he learned from the Ford Plant to create the famous Motown Records. When you find that thing that makes you something special, it defines you.
In fact, we all have traits that define us as people. Narcissism aside, we all have one or two skills that we can do better than most—skills we often want to utilize and make something of ourselves with.
This is all fine, but while there are things we can do well, there’s a lot more we can’t. And while we want to improve in these areas, we often never do.
In the end, there’s no shame in this; admitting you can’t do certain things is only human. However, if you’re a product fulfillment pro, you have to understand that you’ll need help for those jobs you can’t do. Again, there’s no shame in it, just be aware of where to find the right assistance.
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