Pastor WD Favour

The Core of Your Personal Success

Posted by Pastor WD Favour on October 23, 2008 · View Comments 
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Core of ExpertiseThere are things that you have the ability to do.
Call this your Circle of Abilities – Circle A
Then there are things you have interests in.
Call this your Circle of Interests. - Circle I

Let region A envelope those things for which you have the ability to do, but lack the interest and passion for.
Let region I envelope those things for which you have the interest and passion for, but lack the requisite ability to perform.
Finally, let region AI represent the area of intersection – that is, those things for which you have both the ability and interest for.


You will not have much fulfillment and satisfactory success if you spend your time and efforts in the regions A or I. What you experience in those areas are struggling, frustration, and unsatisfactory success.

Your most satisfactory success and fulfillment will lie in that area of intersection – AI. That is the place I love to refer to as the Core of Your Personal Success.
Discover this core and spend the rest of your life navigating towards it’s epicenter.

In your own life, could you list activities that fall in each region?
Are you functioning at the core of your personal success?
What do you have to say?

Tags: core-of-your-personal-success, abilities, ability, interests, success, passion, discover-yourself

  • nebo kingsley
    MEN AND WOMEN STUMBLE IN LIFE BECAUSE OF THEIR INEFFICIENT AND INABILITY TO LOCATE THEIR PLACE IN DESTINY AND I THINK ONE OF THE CAUSE OF IT IS THAT PEOPLE WANT THE PLACE THAT IS ALREADY MADE OR BUILD.THATS WHY THEY WILL ALWAYS ABANDONE THEIR OWN NAME AND ANSWER THE NAME OF OF A SUCESSFUL PERSON LIKE,KANU NWANKWO,CLINTON AND LOTS MORRE.THANKS FOR UR MESSAGE INSPIRES ME TO BE MY SELF.
  • WD
    Yeah, Lynn. You know, the happiest individual on this earth is that person who has discovered God's purpose for their lives and are smack in the middle of it. And that middle is right where ability and interest converge. Thanks for your comments.
    Thanks Dosox for visiting and for the stumble.
  • Well written post. This encourages me a lot.
    I stumbled.
  • Where ability and interest converge is, for me, the center of God's will, as gift and passion working in obedience. If I venture outside this inner sanctum, I lose my passion and operate in an area that is not eternal. Great thought-provoking post!
  • The underlining scared me to death at first, but you managed to take what could have been a long drawn out post and summarized it nicely. Thanks. :-)
  • When you do something you love it's not work. That's what makes t passion. Yeah, sometimes it is scary to follow your dreams. Inspiring post.
  • WD
    It's amazing how people can spend all of their lives outside the core of their expertise..
    I keep wondering, is it fear, ignorance...or what, that keeps them outside that core?
  • I love it! Its great, really makes you stop and think! Thanks for the help earlier:)
  • This a great analogy! I love it!
  • PS I have stumbled this! Good Job!
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