On this episode of Rhodes to Success, I interview Julie Waller, who has been a strategic coach since 1997. She is passionate about the Unique Ability discovery and works with hundreds of entrepreneurs and team members in one-on-one sessions, helping them identify and create a life around their unique ability. During the show, we discuss top 5 strengths, discovering your unique abilities, the four characteristics, and the naming and activity paths.

 

Main Questions Asked:

• What is Unique Ability?
• Do people use Unique Ability in their personal life, work life, or both?
• What are the four characteristics?
• What are the naming and activity paths?

 

Key Lessons Learned:

Jessica’s Top 5

1. Communication

2. Futuristic

3. Achiever

4. Activator

5. Maximizer

 

Unique Ability

• This is what you are naturally good at and passionate about.
• Your Unique Ability shows up in the activities you do every day.
• When you look at your activities, you can assess where the underlying talents are.
• Your Unique Abilities are who you are when at your best.
• Self discovery helps you find the type of work that you do best.
• It often helps looking at your Unique Ability through your business lens before your personal lens. 

 

The Four Characteristics

1. Superior Skill

• When you do an activity in your work or life, assess if you are really good at it.
• Ask yourself and others what your skill level is.
• Superior skills are things that you are naturally good at, and are not necessarily learned.

2. Passion

• This is something you are driven and motivated by and want to do more.

3. Energy

• Your Unique Ability gives other people energy when you are doing it.

4. Never Ending Improvement

• This is when you are already good at something and you want to keep getting better.

 

The Activities Path

• List all the activities you do every day starting with what you do for work.
• Once the activities are listed, ask if each activity meets the four criteria.

 

Excellent Activities:

• You don’t have passion for these activities, but still have a superior skill.

 

Competent Activities:

• You can do this, but are average at it and a lot of people could do it better than you.

 

Incompetent Activities:

• You aren’t good, and experience failure.

• Once you have broken your activities into categories, delegate a percentage to each.
• Figure out how to free yourself up from the energy draining activities.
• Exponential results will come from focusing on the stuff you are really good at.

 

Jessica’s Personal Case Study

• Create your activity inventory.
• Put each of your tasks into the four categories.

 

Jessica’s Primary Tasks

• Bookkeeping.
• Checking emails.
• Checking Slack.
• Client calls.
• Podcast.
• Proofing the blog.
• Training calls.
• Guest booking.
• Get coaching.
• Producing weekly videos.

 

Coaching Tips

• Tell the truth about your skill level.
• If others would agree, you have a superior skill.
• Check your passion level and mark it as your Unique Ability or excellent.
• Keep your feelings about the activities separate, and focus on the skill level.

 

Jessica’s Unique Ability

• Cold calls.
• Podcasting.
• Client training.

 

Jessica’s Excellent Activities

• Slack.
• Pitching and booking interviews.
• Video marketing.

 

Competent Activities

• Emails.
• Blog, editing, and posting.

 

Incompetent Activities

• Bookkeeping. 

 

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The music in today's episode was written by The Danger Os and produced by Nick Palmer. Check them out at https://www.facebook.com/thedangerosmakemusic 

 

Links to Resources Mentioned

Unique Ability

Strategic Coach