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Here are a couple of tips for how to go about finding and utilizing your strengths.

Spend time really observing what you are doing and how you spend your time.  Which projects, assignments or activities do you find yourself wanting to work on?  When are you really in your zone where time just seems to fly by and you don’t even realize it? When doing tasks and activities, which ones give you a shot of energy?  Which ones do you tend to volunteer for over and over?  Spend a week or two asking yourself these questions and make some notes of what you think your strengths are.

Solicit input from others.  Although you are the best person to identify your strengths others may be helpful in providing you with some perspective on them.  So ask them.  What do they think your strengths are?  How have they seen you use your strengths?

Focus
Having discovered what your strengths are, it is also vital to then focus on leveraging those strengths.  Too often, we focus on what we think we should be doing better.  You will never turn weaknesses into strengths so focus on the things that inspire and motivate you. 

Identify
Find the projects, opportunities and assignments which utilize your strengths.  Stop saying yes to everything or volunteering for things that really don’t interest you just to fill your time.   Try a new strategy and offer up your time for the tasks which will leverage your strengths.

Once you start to put these tips into practice, I guarantee that you will notice a difference in how you feel and how you approach where you spend your time.  Life is too short.  Your time is too valuable.  Don’t spend it on things that don’t give you the power and passion you deserve.