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Gloria Wang

3y ago

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J.K. Rowling said she was "the worst secretary ever" at Amnesty International, because she couldn't stop living her purpose even in boring meetings

✨ J.K. Rowling knew deep in her heart from a young age, that all that she wanted to do, ever, was to write novels.

But her parents thought she just had an overactive imagination that was cute, but would never pay a mortgage.

In her 20s, she worked as a secretary at Amnesty International, and she said she sucked at her job.

Because she was never paying much attention in meetings - she was usually scribbling bits of her latest stories in the margins of the writing pad, or choosing names for the characters.

It was clear her gifts wouldn't stop emanating from her, as she tried hard to stay in a 'sensible job'.

And once she did unleash her gifts...well, we all know what happened.

So in your work or daily life, what do you keep doing because you love it so much, even though you think you shouldn't be doing it?

What do you 'escape to' when you're doing work that you know just isn't for you?

What would you happily do for hours on end, if you had no obligations, and no-one came to stop you?

Learn from those clues, because they might just be signs of your biggest gifts - your unique magic - pouring out of you, hoping you'd take notice one day 🪄 ✨

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