CHAPTER 8

What Is Your Superpower?

Bullet-proof skin. Instantaneous healing. X-ray vision. These are the superpowers found in comic books. What I’m referring to here is our own human powers that can make us exceptional.

Although you may think, “I’m not anyone special,” at least think about what makes you stand out in a crowd? What do you excel at? Is it your powers of persuasion, strong observational skills, organizational abilities, high empathy, perhaps? I’m not a motivational speaker, but I do like to think that each of us has the ability to excel and be special. To be the best we can be.

Even being an entrepreneur is truly special. The metamorphosis from working for someone to working for yourself, whether by design, by accident or by no ...

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