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🗓️ 24 March 2025
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Betsy Wills shares the science behind aptitudes and how to use them for a thriving career.
— YOU’LL LEARN —
1) Where most career assessments fall short
2) Why a low aptitude score shouldn’t discourage you
3) The root of boredom, frustration, and burnout
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— ABOUT BETSY —
Betsy Wills is the co-author of Your Hidden Genius and a pioneer in democratizing aptitude assessments. A co-founder of YouScience, she helped bring formerly expensive assessments online, now serving over 25% of U.S. high schools and 600+ colleges. With a master’s in Leadership and Organization from Vanderbilt, Betsy specializes in career guidance, helping individuals align work with innate abilities. Her book empowers adults to uncover their strengths, make informed career choices, and lead fulfilling lives.
• Book: Your Hidden Genius: The Science-Backed Strategy to Uncovering and Harnessing Your Innate Talents
• Book site: YourHiddenGenius.com
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0:00.0 | Abitudes you cannot study for. |
0:10.0 | They are innate. |
0:11.0 | So there's actually 52 that can be measured. |
0:15.0 | For some people, learning a job is harder than actually doing a job. |
0:19.0 | Like acquiring the skill may take them longer and be more of a struggle, |
0:23.8 | but all of us can do anything with practice. |
0:26.2 | But the point two is why would you? |
0:29.2 | We all have things we've got to get competent at, |
0:31.5 | but why spend a lot of time trying to perfect it |
0:33.7 | or apologizing for why we're not the best at it? |
0:36.4 | You will be bored and frustrated |
0:39.5 | if you are not using your aptitudes. A lot of people's boredom and depression is oftentimes |
0:45.8 | because of an undeveloped aptitude. So in the end, this is all about empathy and it's about love. |
0:53.4 | It's about not seeing other people as a flawed version of us. |
0:56.8 | It's really valuable information. |
1:04.4 | That's Betsy Wills. |
1:05.8 | She's the founder of youth science and a pioneer in democratizing aptitude assessments. |
1:10.3 | She's also the co-author of your |
1:11.7 | hidden genius, the science-backed strategy to uncovering and harnessing your innate talents. |
1:16.8 | So you'll learn one, where most career assessments fall short. Two, why a low aptitude score |
1:22.2 | shouldn't discourage you. And three, the root of boredom, frustration, and burnout. And if you want a quick summary write-up of some of these actionable takeaways, |
1:30.1 | I recommend you go to our website Awesome At Your Job.com and sign up for the free |
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