Understanding your core competency is your superpower.
Mine is NOT writing. Not book publishing. Not editing. Not interviewing. Not media planning. Not event management. Not even motherhood.
…But, TIME MANAGEMENT.
Let me tell you a real-life story. This is the first time I am making this public.
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I was working night-shift at the news desk at Hindustan Times that year, and it was almost 9 pm when I got the call. My deadline for page release was midnight.
In a panic-stricken voice my caretaker called me from home saying that someone was about to harm my 8-year-old child in the building complex where I lived, that there was a massive ruckus and no one was there to help them. My home was about 45-mins drive from my office.
I quickly analyzed the situation. Quietly, leaving my computer on, with the layout of that day’s page open, leaving my bag on the table, as if I just stepped out, I took my purse and cellphone and left the office. Anyone looking at my desk would think she just stepped out for a smoke, or a coffee break. I didn’t tell anyone, took a cab and rushed back home. I knew I had to release the pages before midnight, so I was confident I had enough time in my hand to return and rush through the pages.
I reached home, kept the cab running, dealt with the matter at home in 20 minutes, and I rushed back to office in the same cab. It was only when I was about 10 mins away from office that my boss noticed my absence and called me. I said I had just stepped out for dinner, and will be in 5 minutes.
Till date, no one in my office knows about this.
If they knew, I would have been fired!
So, Time Management was, and is still is, my greatest competence, which is why I can now manage my family, my two businesses, YouTube channel podcasts, consultancy and writing my own books.
What is your core competency? Are you making full use of it? I would love to hear the kind of competencies you have and how you can make best use of it.
Let me know. https://beacons.ai/visionarylabkaberi