This blog post is in response to Natalie’s 10 Day Freedom Plan Blog Challenge Day 4.
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Hello and welcome to Day 4 of the 10 Day Freedom Plan Blog Challenge.
And welcome to my new recording studio, which is actually a cupboard in the entrance hall of my home. These are the lengths that I have to go to to be able to find somewhere where I’m undisturbed, so that I can record the videos for this challenge!
So today’s topic is what is your superpower?
And I thought that I had a pretty good idea of my super power — so this is things that I’m good at — but Natalie encouraged us to ask some people what they thought our superpowers are. So I asked a few people on Facebook and I got one response in particular that really made me think.
And this response said, “Helen I could see you working with children with special needs.”
And that triggered a memory for me. So when I first came to Japan in 1991, I was teaching English in junior high schools. And there was one school where there was a group of boys. They were known as the “bad boys,” and they didn’t attend lessons. They just kind of hung around the school.
And then one of the teachers came to me one day and said, “The bad boys are interested in learning from you, but too embarrassed to join the classes because they feel really behind.”
So I said, “Okay, fine. We can do some classes after school. Happy to do that.”
So we started doing these classes after school, I think there were four boys, and I can remember some of them quite clearly. There was one in particular.
And when they had their English tests at the end of the term they all did pretty well. But this one boy who was called Seiji –I remember he was called Seiji. And he got a hundred percent on his English listening test!
And this is someone who hadn’t been going to classes. He thought he couldn’t do it, and he got a hundred percent and he was just so excited. It was just wonderful.
So I think that my superpower is helping people to do things that they thought they couldn’t do.
And I do that in my work now when I am coaching in communication skills and doing workshops. And I love that — being able to see people who learn a new skill, get more confidence. That’s what really inspires me and keeps me going.
So I’ve identified my superpower.
What’s yours?
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