Mindfulness: How to make the world better - Share your strengths

Jacqui Grant
3 days ago
3 min read

Connect & Grow Magazine: Issue 20 May 2025

Do you want to make a difference in the world, even if it’s just in the lives of people you know?

Well, you can simply embrace your uniqueness and share your strengths and talents with others.

Here are three steps to being more intentional with sharing your strengths and making a positive difference to others.

1. Identify your strengths and what you’d like to contribute.

We all have things that we are good at and enjoy doing. It’s not the same thing for everyone. What you find easy, others may find hard or have no interest in doing. Your ordinary is someone else’s extraordinary. (To identify your strengths, refer to Issue 8 or the resources below.)

For instance, Jesse really liked cooking. The kitchen was their ‘happy place’. They loved experimenting with new recipes and could happily spend hours testing them out.

2. Gradually increase your comfort zone

Work out what’s the next right action for you by following your interest and the feedback you get. You don’t need to take huge action all at once. Start small; nothing that’s stressful nor with great consequences if things don’t go to plan. As you gradually build up your confidence and momentum move more and more out of your comfort zone.

At first, Jesse shared leftovers with their family. Over time, they built more confidence in bringing their cooking creations when visiting friends. After some great feedback, they decided to venture further by contributing to a local charity bake sale fundraiser.

3. Bolster your self-belief and confidence

Sometimes, sharing our strengths or creations with others can be a little scary. We may fear others’ judgment or believe our creations aren’t worthy or important enough to share. Or we may talk ourselves out of sharing because we believe we don’t have enough time or experience, or that by being more visible it means we’re boastful or hogging the spotlight.

But the world (and ultimately you) will miss out on the benefit that you bring by sharing your strengths and talents.

When you feel your confidence drop, reconnect to a greater purpose - how you sharing your strengths helps others.

Also, monitor your self-talk. Practice thoughts that affirm your strengths, abilities and worth, such as:

· I make the world a better place when I share my strengths.

· I can find safe ways to stretch out of my comfort zone.

· I am always learning and growing.

Seek professional support as needed.

Jesse built their confidence by gradually sharing more of their cooking with others. With professional support, they could also reframe their doubts and see their cooking as a gift to the world. They also reconnected to their ‘happy place’ cooking feeling when they needed more courage.

Create positive change by embracing your uniqueness and sharing your strengths and talents. Build your confidence through small actions and working on your self-belief. When we express more of ourselves, the world is better for it.

Want more resources to uncover your strengths?

Go to April 2024 Connect and Grow Wellbeing article (https://www.connectandgrowmagazine.com/product-page/connect-and-grow-magazine-issue-8) and Inner Creative’s ‘Uncover Your Strength's webpage (https://innercreative.com.au/superpower/)

Written by Natalia Walker

Natalia is available for consultations.

Inner Creative

Email: natalia@innercreative.com.au

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