Chapter 2 HOW TO FIND YOUR THING

There are only two ways to find your Thing.

  • Way 1: What’s EASY?
  • Way 2: What ANNOYS you?

The end (just kidding).

I’ve mentioned both of them already when I talked you through me finding my Thing. And I probably laboured the ‘easy’ point rather a lot when I talked about uniforms. But it really is that simple, although it’s not always simple to see it. Let me help…

Thing finding way 1: what’s EASY?

When it comes to what you find easy, of course you can do this by yourself. Sit yourself down with a cup of tea and a blank sheet of paper and list out the things that you can do easily. And that will be a good start. But now think about this:

What are you in demand for?

Now don’t think about this just in the context ...

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