An aptitude is an innate talent or combination of talents that give you a natural ability to perform a specific function readily, naturally, easily. It is a knack, a gift, not an acquired skill or an achievement. Sometimes it is a single talent such as physical coordination or analytical reasoning. Often it is a combination of talents that, like instruments in a band, play together in harmony. An aptitude for surgery or basketball both involve the complex interplay of several innate abilities which are then brought to fruition through extensive training.
Well said Nicholas – took me a lot of years to finally understand this. Once I did, I knew to “practice” and “practice” to those skills I was born with up to a level where I could use them to get some income into my life. LOL, actually it took reading your book The Pathfinder last year to realize this. Now I am telling others about your book and what it has to offer. Thank you for sharing what you knew so that we can duplicate the life you are now living – one that is fun and achieving some awesome results. Yes, helping people realize their career passions.
Hi Nicholas:
Sometimes a Career Aptitude Test can help us to figure out the talents we may already have for our dream job.