Greetings my Friends,
‘Tis the season to find your magic!
Here we are, well into the month of October which is often thought of as the month of colorful leaves, cool crisp air, apple pie, pumpkin pie, and Halloween.
We also tend to think of magic— witches with broomsticks, the conjuring up of a witch’s brew for the making of magical potions, and casting spells, haunted houses, ghosts, and creatures of the night.
Hmmm, would casting spells and making magic potions be what is meant when someone says, “Work your magic,” or “She/He has their own Brand of Magic?”
I am thinking not! Therefore, let’s start with the definitions of “Our own brand of Magic,” or “Working our Magic.”
“Working our magic” means that we are performing a task better than anyone else at that moment. We are excelling and bringing about a very desired outcome by using our natural and learned talents. We are using our personnel and unique abilities to excel at a task.
Knowing one’s personal brand of magic is knowing oneself, one’s talents, one’s passions, and one’s abilities in accomplishing tasks and easily handling events within our private and professional lives.
Many of us have probably heard someone say, “They worked their magic, and just like that we got into the show!” or “They worked their magic and bingo, we are done and out of here!” or as I have said, “we need (so and so) to work their magic so we can be done with this project!”
This “brand of magic,” reference is generally used when we need to bring someone into our fold to accomplish something the rest of us either cannot do or everyone thinks cannot be done.
There are so many ways to say that we have our own brand of magic. Especially when we are needed in accomplishing a task no one else seems to be able to do or at the very least can do well.
Society has many terms for this personal magic such as:
In my wheelhouse,
Up my alley,
Bailiwick,
It’s my special talent, or
It just comes natural to me.
Today my oldest Granddaughter and I were talking about technology and social media. She was trying to explain to me how to better use Instagram to which I responded, “geez, I am really going to need help with this. While it seems to be in your wheelhouse, it is definitely not in my wheelhouse.” Meaning, of course, that it is far out of my expertise, and knowledge for that matter.
(Oh, and by the way, the term “wheelhouse” was originated in baseball— being in one’s wheelhouse meant that a pitch was within the zone for a batter to hit a home run.)
When we hear someone say, “that isn’t in their wheelhouse” it means it is out of their expertise or if they say “let me have a go, it’s in my wheelhouse,” it means it is in their line of expertise or knowledge.
Finding your own brand of magic is a personal journey, one that is quite fun to embark on if you don’t already know what your magic is or you feel you have added to your magical abilities.
Knowing your own field of magic does not always mean that things you are good at becomes your own brand of magic.
While I was very good at accounting, even though I attended college to enhance my accounting knowledge and performance, accounting was a major stress factor for me.
Selling, as long as I believed in what I was selling, appeared to come easy for me but, again, selling was NOT something I wanted to do forever.
Everything I did and was pretty good at did not seem like magic to me. I was trying to find my “Magic Brand” niche in things I was able to do fairly well but did not enjoy.
In my head, heart, and soul I kept going back to wanting to work in Psychology. Finally, I was able to do so and found that it came easy to me and I felt I was in my wheelhouse with my own brand of magic, helping others be successful in setting their intentions, goals, and visions for their lives.
My point is that it is very important to know yourself and to know what comes either easily, effortlessly, or at least with little struggle to you. Look for the talents and abilities that make you feel you have found your brand of magic.
Find your magic doesn’t always come easy. It pays to take the time to ask yourself some of the following questions.
* What do you most love to do?
* What do you do in your spare time?
* What abilities, talents and knowledge do you think lands within your “Brand of Magic?”
* What talents and abilities do you consider in your wheelhouse?
*What are your natural talents and abilities?
*What abilities and talents come naturally to you?
*If money was not an object of concern what would you be doing?
*List 5 abilities and or talents that you would list under “ My Brand of Magic”
*List 3 times that you were called in to solve some sort of issue either personally or professionally that it seemed only you could solve.
*Make a list of abilities and talents you know that others count on you to provide.
Be clear here, I am not asking what you are good at, I am asking what you are known for or love to do that can be considered your “Brand of Magic.”
I wish for you to find your magic and have a very Magical life doing what you know brings magic to others.
Hugs,
Carolyn