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Is it possible to feel a consistent sense of accomplishment and know that your life's work fits hand in glove with your unique gifts and talents? It is your Heavenly Father's deep desire that you reach your full potential and be prosperous—and in more areas than just wealth (Luke 12:32; 3 John 2).
A vital key to soaring through life is to carefully and thoughtfully align your career with your natural aptitudes.
You will spend most of your life working, getting ready for work, commuting and hanging up your work clothes. Spend is the operative term. You and I have only so much time, and time is not renewable. In fact, research has shown that the stress from an ill-fitting career can actually take years from your life.
"For more than 20 years, Rockport Institute has gathered empirical data showing that changing from an ill-fitting career to one that is fulfilling and that produces a lower stress level reduces colds, flu and other immune system disorders. Many studies have shown this to be accurate. A compromised immune system doesn't just expose you to a higher risk of colds and flu, it lowers your resistance all across the board, making you more susceptible to catching something that will kill you" (Rockportinstitute.com).
Conversely, those in suitable careers will be happier and healthier.
Our natural talents are hardwired genetically and are discernible through testing at about age 14. These same aptitudes will show up decades later. To know that human beings have different strengths from birth does not require rigorous research. Observing elementary kids at recess will do.
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