The document defines talent as the combination of one's gifts, loves, and skills. It explains that gifts are innate abilities, loves are things one enjoys doing, and skills are knowledge and capabilities acquired over time through education, mentorship or job training. It provides steps for individuals to identify their gifts, loves, and skills in order to determine their talents and offers methods for continually improving skills through establishing systems, accountability, and motivation.

2. Step 1: Defining Talent
 Many of us struggle with knowing what we do best, so
we jump from career to career
 Talent = Gifts + Love + Skills

3. Breaking it Down
 Gifts = things you’re born with that come naturally to
you
 Love = what you enjoy doing with your time
 Skills = the knowledge and capability you’ve acquired
over time
 Can come from education, mentorship, or training on
the job

4. Identifying your gifts/strengths

5. Discovering your “Loves”

6. Recognizing your Skills

7. Gifts + Love + Skills = Talent

8. Investing in Yourself in 5 Steps
1. Determine the time investment
2. Choose an area of study
3. Gather the materials for the course you’re creating
for yourself
4. Commit to a delivery
5. Work the schedule you’ve created

9. The Invaluable Cycle – Making Continual Improvements
S = Systems – documented pattern or process of performance
A = Accountability – training & follow-up provided to you by
someone else
M = Motivation – the reason you want to succeed

10. The Leapfrog Method
 Goal is jumping over “good” or “adequate”….we want to
go straight to “exceeding expectations” or “invaluable”
 Identify an area where you want to improve
 What would it take to go above and beyond?
 Choose your Next Play