Originally Posted By DVC_dad I thought it interesting to ask those willing to answer, what one (or two if you must) thing(s) are you really really good at? Throw modesty to the wind and really put on the table. No weaknesses, no apologies, no sugar coating... What do you do better than average? Everyone has SOMETHING they are good at, right?
Originally Posted By christiemarsh88 I'll be the first to brag. lol. I am really great at memorization. Especially with music: I can hear a song once, and have it almost all down. When I was three, I had the entire audiobooks of Lady and the Tramp and Sleeping Beauty memorized, all the way down to the "dings" to signal the turn of a page. My family still gives me a hard time about "De eeeeviw Mawifacent!"
Originally Posted By DVC_dad Well I wouldn't go first, but I'll go second. I have always been a really good "problem solver," which over my childhood years made me a little better than average athlete. What?!?!? Well, I am really good at doing something once, that not working so well, and instead of doing the same thing again and expect different results, I think about it, and try something different. This translates well no matter if you are talking about how to ask your wife if you can go out with the guys this Saturday, (yeah we don't ASK as men, we just go right?), or perhaps trying to improve your baseball swing. You would be surprised at how many people try to accomplish different, desired results by doing the same thing, the same way, over and over. It's sort of a "try again" over a "try something else" method.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Ok, I will bite. I have been told by many I am a great public speaker. I have had the pleasure on performing in plays around the globe, and in business, I have addressed, 1000's of delegates on topics such as child protection, mobile flexible workforces, disability access through technology, document management, Multi Agency Integration, Elder population demographic profiling and preventative measures of care, and even Disney History. I am a loud mouth!
Originally Posted By beamerdog >>I am a loud mouth!<< LOL! I am a good listener and a good talker - can you be both? I love sales and did development work for many years. I'm also very very good with relating to animals
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo "I am a good listener and a good talker - can you be both?" I suppose that would be a good communicator!!!
Originally Posted By bloona I think I must be a good listener too. I seem to be the one people come to when theres something bothering them and they need to talk. It happens a lot, even when Im at the gym and barely know people. One even jokes I should start charging! I was sat in the sauna an hour once trying to help someone I found in there upset.(Ive never been in a sauna before ....or since) I have to remember to stop talking so much tho....Ive been told that...lol...(not by the people who value my opinion at the time I must add!)
Originally Posted By peeaanuut I was thinking about this the other day. I am good at a bunch of stuff, but not any better than the average person. I have tried to be better at things but tend to get to a point where I am on the same level as others and I am unable to progress anymore. But than I thought about it again. I am good at figuiring out equipment and technology. Give me a device that I have never used before and I am good at figuring out how to use it or how to hook it up. If thats a talent than I will take it. lol
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo I don't know joe, I have liked some of those baseball shots you have taken too!
Originally Posted By peeaanuut oh lets not get into that area. lol I have hated every photo I have ever taken. Isnt that odd? I love taking the photos, but when I go through them I think they are all crud. But thank you.
Originally Posted By Ursula I am really good at my job. No really. Throwing modesty to the wind (as required by the OP) I am one of the top in my field. (and I love that my company flips whenever I am head-hunted).
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo "and I love that my company flips whenever I am head-hunted" It's great, isn't it? hehe....
Originally Posted By tiki tiki tiki tiki I am great at managing businesses and putting things in order when times are tough. I worked for a great big café chain for 9 years here in AndalucÃa and was moved from one café to another loads of times to put things in order. I also absolutely love to organize and to have everything right where it belongs, I disgust myself sometimes.
Originally Posted By jasmine7 Not to steal Christie's thunder, but I'm also great at memorizing. Scarily, actually. I have so many movies memorized by heart that it's not even funny, lol. I can also remember the melody of a song I'm listening to for the first time and can kind of figure out where the notes are going, even if I haven't heard the song before.
Originally Posted By Lil Mermaid I'm good at reading people, which is probably due to the 4 years of psychology classes...but ya... ...i also make a dead on dolphin sound.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper ^Dolphin sound? I don't think I can share what I am good at due to certain standard restrictions. Ok, I'll share....I am great at remembering absolutely useless stuff. My anniversary or kids' birthdays? Not so much. But, I can remember the most ridiculously unnecessary trivia.
Originally Posted By DVC_dad Peeaanuuutttt we all know that you are a technology and gadget god! I'll never let you forget you single handedly saved my entire iTunes library with just a few comments like, "Well did you try this, or did you think of this, and if that doesn't work, then do this...yeah that will work for sure." You are not only good with the gadgets themselves but you have some kind of odd understanding of what drives them and HOW they work inside their "black box." Better than average? Oh he!! yes you are better than average at all of that. Where can one view the baseball photos? I think it funny that you don't like your photos. I have heard it said many times that the very best plasic surgeons think their work stinks.
Originally Posted By Tiggirl I, too, am very good at reading people. To the point where I know things about how their mind works that they don't even know or recognize yet. Mark is used to it by now but I freaked out a friend the other day by asking him a question about something going on in his life that he hadn't told anyone about. I could just tell what was going on. He thought I was psychic. But no... I can just read people like books. ~Beth
Originally Posted By peeaanuut Beth: I always just thought you were weird in that sense. lol DVC: I dont think anyone has ever called me a god, well my mom did alot growing up but I dont think she was quite calling me a god. lol LILMermaid: Jayna would love to meet you. She has a thing for dolphins....lol
Originally Posted By peeaanuut OOPS: DVC here is my newer stuff <a href="http://www.peeaanuut.com/wordpress/wp-gallery2.php" target="_blank">http://www.peeaanuut.com/wordp ress/wp-gallery2.php</a> and here is my older stuff <a href="http://www.peeaanuut.com/gallery/" target="_blank">http://www.peeaanuut.com/galle ry/</a> The 2nd one also contains the links to some of the LPers galleries.
