There’s Only One You

There’s only one you, which means you “do life” in a thoroughly unique way. This assessment helps you discover the consistent pattern in how you naturally function—your giftedness in action. Allow approximately 2 hours to complete this worksheet thoughtfully. For the optimal experience, we recommend using a laptop or desktop computer instead of a mobile device.

How It Works

You’ll complete two steps:

1. Tell Your Stories – Share experiences from your life where you enjoyed what you were doing and felt you did it well.
2. Identify Your Pattern – Analyze your stories to discover how God designed you to function.

This worksheet focuses on Step 1: Your Giftedness Stories.

What Are Giftedness Stories?

Giftedness Stories are specific activities from your life that meet two criteria:

1. It involved action – Something you did that required effort on your part.
2. You enjoyed it – You felt satisfaction, energy, or fulfillment from doing it.

What Giftedness Stories Look Like

Focus on activities, not just experiences:

• ❌ “I toured Europe and the Alps were beautiful.”
• ✅ “I spent 6 months planning a two-week European tour—mapped everything out, stayed on budget, and returned with extra money.”

Be specific, not general:

• ❌ “Got my PhD” or “Became a manager.”
• ✅ “Made original discoveries in science labs” or “Coached employees to improve their skills and increased output by 25%.”

Include concrete examples:

• ❌ “I’m good at troubleshooting.”
• ✅ “Caught a design flaw during prototype testing and saved the company $100,000.”

Sample Stories Across a Lifetime

• Age 5 – Memorized a poem and recited it to my kindergarten class.
• Age 13 – Made the basketball team and scored the winning goal in the championship game.
• Age 18 – My sister and I planned a special anniversary dinner for our parents—cooked the meal, set the table, and left them alone to enjoy it.
• Age 28 – Developed a database system for our marketing team.
• Age 34 – Led a group of 10-year-old boys on a mountain camping trip.
• Age 40 – Set up our family budget on my computer and used it to manage expenses.
• Age 51 – Led my assembly line team to a company production record.
• Age 63 – Oversaw the “Meals-on-Wheels” ministry at my church and created a volunteer management system.

Your Turn

Share 20 stories from different seasons of your life. Draw from any area—childhood, school, work, home, sports, hobbies, ministry, relationships. The key is that you enjoyed the activity and felt you did it well.

For each story:

• Note your approximate age
• Describe what you did (2-3 sentences is perfect)
• Focus on the action you took, not just what happened around you

Helpful tips:

• Don’t overthink it—trust your first instincts
• These don’t need to be your greatest achievements
• Include both big and