Conscious Career – Day 12

Conscious Career Day 12

by Angela Loeb

You are special, and you are here at this time on this planet of more than 7.5 billion people to make an impact with your specialness.  There’s a great phrase to describe your specialness… it’s your “Unique Promise of Value.”

Maybe you’ve used or heard other names that are similar to this, terms such as value proposition, core value, genius, unique talent, divine spark, etc.  But when you break down what the Unique Promise of Value is by looking at the definition of each word, you’ll see why it’s such a superb phrase:

Unique is “highly unusual or rare but not the single instance.”

Promise is an “indication of future excellence or success.”

Value is a “quality considered worthwhile or desirable” and “the monetary worth of something.”

So, it is the promise that you will provide something highly unusual and desirable to the world.

Discovering Your Unique Promise of Value

How can you tell what your Unique Promise of Value is?  Well, actually there is a formula you can use.  It goes like this:  Talent + Passion + Impact

Below are some questions to answer and tips to help you fill in the parts of the formula.  These are taken directly from the workbook in the Job Search Boot Camp – READY course that I developed with Jay Markunas.

What is my most outstanding talent? Take clues from your performance reviews, as well as what managers and colleagues have said and still do say about you.