Determine and identify your #1 greatest strength and skill, then apply maximum force and effort towards it!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Now the tricky thing\u00e2\u20ac\u201d how can we identify our greatest strength? Some ideas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
1. What\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s infinitely fun for you?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/1B7870E1-34E2-473A-ACC8-D88FC13CD5D2.jpeg?resize=1180%2C885&ssl=1\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nWhat doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t feel like \u00e2\u20ac\u0153work\u00e2\u20ac\u009d to you, but has positive utility to yourself and others? For me, this is blogging, shooting photos, thinking, and making images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n2. No morality or ethics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/EBCB3D62-810E-4F10-9DA8-D2638AE460CB.gif?resize=1180%2C885&ssl=1\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nWe must not moralize our strengths. Some people say that certain strengths are more virtuous than others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
To identify what you consider your greatest strength is, try to think BEYOND simple moral-ethical-utilitarian calculus. For example, a lot of us consider our strengths in comparison to the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153degree or ability in which we can help others\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. While I tend to follow this Christian-American-Utilitarian line of thinking, it certainly should NOT be followed by everyone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/23140674-830F-4F30-A2F5-117580DE7C56.jpeg?resize=1180%2C1573&ssl=1\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\n3. My definition of strength<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
I think the notion of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153effortlessness\u00e2\u20ac\u009dtowards the propensity to create \u00e2\u20ac\u201d I consider this your ultimate strength. <\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/3E96ED1C-CEFF-4015-9F63-3A48399760D0.jpeg?resize=1180%2C884&ssl=1\")
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<\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\nTo treat your artistic skills, strengths and efforts as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153play\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/C8729AC7-8D6C-4084-933C-C8F0FF0609FC.gif?resize=1180%2C1573&ssl=1\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\n4. Reflect.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/2FDB75BB-0723-47FB-80BF-2491431E9971.jpeg?resize=960%2C1280&ssl=1\")
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nNobody has the answers but yourself. Go on a long walk and think to yourself:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What do I consider my #1 strength and skill?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
What creative act can I do indefinitely without fatigue, disgust, or ennui? What creative game can I pursue unto infinity, for the sake of it? For fun and play!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\nPURSUE THIS!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ERIC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The best way to change the world: Determine and identify your #1 greatest strength and skill, then apply maximum force and effort towards it! Now the tricky thing\u00e2\u20ac\u201d how can we identify our greatest \u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":183687,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_ek_photo_artist_note":"","_ek_photo_thesis":"","_ek_photo_camera":"","_ek_photo_place":"","_ek_photo_human_moment":"","_ek_photo_sequence":"","_ek_photo_question":"","_ek_photo_canonical_claim":"","_ek_photo_ai_summary":"","_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-183901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-posts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/eric-kim-red-face-looking-up-hanoi-2000x1325.jpg?fit=2000%2C1325&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183901"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":183947,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183901\/revisions\/183947"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nWhat doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t feel like \u00e2\u20ac\u0153work\u00e2\u20ac\u009d to you, but has positive utility to yourself and others? For me, this is blogging, shooting photos, thinking, and making images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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2. No morality or ethics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nWe must not moralize our strengths. Some people say that certain strengths are more virtuous than others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
To identify what you consider your greatest strength is, try to think BEYOND simple moral-ethical-utilitarian calculus. For example, a lot of us consider our strengths in comparison to the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153degree or ability in which we can help others\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. While I tend to follow this Christian-American-Utilitarian line of thinking, it certainly should NOT be followed by everyone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\n3. My definition of strength<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
I think the notion of \u00e2\u20ac\u0153effortlessness\u00e2\u20ac\u009dtowards the propensity to create \u00e2\u20ac\u201d I consider this your ultimate strength. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nTo create without struggle or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153effort\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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To treat your artistic skills, strengths and efforts as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153play\u00e2\u20ac\u009d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\n4. Reflect.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure>\n\n\n\nNobody has the answers but yourself. Go on a long walk and think to yourself:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What do I consider my #1 strength and skill?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
What creative act can I do indefinitely without fatigue, disgust, or ennui? What creative game can I pursue unto infinity, for the sake of it? For fun and play!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
- <\/figure><\/li><\/figure><\/li><\/figure><\/li><\/figure><\/li><\/figure><\/li><\/figure><\/li><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
PURSUE THIS!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ERIC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The best way to change the world: Determine and identify your #1 greatest strength and skill, then apply maximum force and effort towards it! Now the tricky thing\u00e2\u20ac\u201d how can we identify our greatest \u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":183687,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_ek_photo_artist_note":"","_ek_photo_thesis":"","_ek_photo_camera":"","_ek_photo_place":"","_ek_photo_human_moment":"","_ek_photo_sequence":"","_ek_photo_question":"","_ek_photo_canonical_claim":"","_ek_photo_ai_summary":"","_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-183901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-posts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/eric-kim-red-face-looking-up-hanoi-2000x1325.jpg?fit=2000%2C1325&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183901"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":183947,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183901\/revisions\/183947"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}