According to a study, talents or skills are both genetic and learned. Some people were born with the blood of an artist but choose not to nurture it. On the other hand, there are average people who practice their talents a lot and later gain excellent results. Basically, practice is the key to excelling in one thing.
We live by exploring and learning about ourselves. Over the course of our lives, we discover things that interest us, and most of the time we spend our time and energy diving deeper into them. For instance, you saw your friend playing the guitar, and you got intrigued by how he played that instrument. Later on, you ask him about it and get amazed by the stuff, and now you’re trying to learn it. With the continuous practice of playing the guitar, soon enough you will be able to jam with your friend.
We consciously put our effort into something just to be good at it. In our example above, he knew that he wanted to play the guitar, so he exerted some effort just to learn and be good at it. However, there are times that we surprise ourselves because we discover things that we never knew we were good at.
My Skills
If there’s one thing that I didn’t have to learn but just found out that I am good at, it will be my ability to sense the energy a specific person gives off despite not seeing the facial expression or hearing the tone of his/her voice. Even though we are just chatting online, I can sense that something has changed in the mood of our conversation. I can’t totally explain it, but it feels like I can visualize the emotion of one certain person, especially when I am talking to them.
Somehow, I treat this as a blessing because it helps me to be more empathetic and adjust my actions towards the situation. For example, I have this friend who, upon talking to him, I already sensed that he’s not in the mood to talk, despite him communicating like it used to be. I asked him if there was a problem, and I am correct. Also, these intuition like skills are helping me save time and energy on interactions that are unwanted; I can sense if one person doesn’t want or is not interested in talking to me.
On the other hand, its a curse because it makes me overthink, lol.
"What’s wrong with me. Why did she feel that way?"
"Did I do something wrong?"
"Did I say something?"
Then, since it's all on my intuition, I can’t still guarantee if it's 100% accurate, and I might misunderstand someone's energy.
I am aware that each one of us has limitations, and we differ on the way we communicate or interact. For instance, I myself am often misunderstood because they think that I am so serious, but on the other hand, I am a guy who can keep up with the conversation and go with your humor and stupid shtick. Although sometimes I can throw dark humor and offensive jokes, lol.
I respect the boundaries individuals set for themselves because I also set one for myself. This is why I consider my intuition ability a sort of curse because people are sometimes unpredictable; maybe they are serious and cold when communicating but really a funny person when you know them well. Just to share, there’s a situation where I sensed that someone was irritated in me, but upon meeting him in person, that was already his usual expression. But he’s so good and talkative about lots of stuff. We are still friends to this day.
I am quite sure that I am not the only one who has this skill, hahaha. For me, this was formed because of my being too observant and thinking too much. I also read somewhere else that people who like to read books are more likely to develop this.
Hello, Hive Learners! This is my late entry for Week 27 - Edition 1 "The First Time." This is super late and I am not expecting that this one would be eligible for the contest. I got busy with my schedule so I have no time to publish this. I still want to share this with y'all. Thank you!