Start by making several lists. Because we are warned against "bragging" as we grow up, we seldom take the time to think about what makes us special and unique. Start your hunt for your USP by writing some lists:

• What are my assets? These are talents and natural resources that we are born with - gifts granted you at birth. For example, you may have musical or artistic ability, a natural leaning toward numbers, athletic ability, dexterity, ease with people, and physical characteristics such as your height, weight, looks, smile, bone structure, etc.
• What are my strengths and skills? These are the result of individual effort and interest (education, jobs we've held, and activities we have taken part in). Strengths and skills include measurable abilities.
• What activities do I enjoy? What do you enjoy doing so much that the time just goes by so quickly that you are completely unaware of its passing? When we are in this state called "flow," we are usually involved in activities that we not only enjoy, but also are good at performing.
• When have I felt like a success? Pick incidents from your life when you have felt like a success (
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  everyone else out there? In this article, I share some ways to determine what your USP is and how to define it.

  Start by making several lists. Because we are warned against "bragging" as we grow up, we seldom take the time to think about what makes us special and unique. Start your hunt for your USP by writing some lists:

  • What are my assets? These are talents and natural resources that we are born with - gifts granted you at birth. For example, you may have musical or artistic ability, a natural leaning toward numbers, athletic ability, dexterity, ease with people, and physical characteristics such as your height, weight, looks, smile, bone structure, etc.
  • What are my strengths and skills? These are the result of individual effort and interest (education, jobs we've held, and activities we have taken part in). Strengths and skills include measurable abilities.
  • What activities do I enjoy? What do you enjoy doing so much that the time just goes by so quickly that you are completely unaware of its passing? When we are in this state called "flow," we are usually involved in activities that we not only enjoy, but also are good at performing.
  • When have I felt like a success? Pick incidents from your life when you have felt like a success
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    s:
    • What are my assets? These are talents and natural resources that we are born with - gifts granted you at birth. For example, you may have musical or artistic ability, a natural leaning toward numbers, athletic ability, dexterity, ease with people, and physical characteristics such as your height, weight, looks, smile, bone structure, etc.
    • What are my strengths and skills? These are the result of individual effort and interest (education, jobs we've held, and activities we have taken part in). Strengths and skills include measurable abilities.
    • What activities do I enjoy? What do you enjoy doing so much that the time just goes by so quickly that you are completely unaware of its passing? When we are in this state called "flow," we are usually involved in activities that we not only enjoy, but also are good at performing.
    • When have I felt like a success? Pick incidents from your life when you have felt like a success
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      smile, bone structure, etc.
    • What are my strengths and skills? These are the result of individual effort and interest (education, jobs we've held, and activities we have taken part in). Strengths and skills include measurable abilities.
    • What activities do I enjoy? What do you enjoy doing so much that the time just goes by so quickly that you are completely unaware of its passing? When we are in this state called "flow," we are usually involved in activities that we not only enjoy, but also are good at performing.
    • When have I felt like a success? Pick incidents from your life when you have felt like a success
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      at the time just goes by so quickly that you are completely unaware of its passing? When we are in this state called "flow," we are usually involved in activities that we not only enjoy, but also are good at performing.
    • When have I felt like a success? Pick incidents from your life when you have felt like a success (these don't have to be huge successes in others' opinions -- just when you felt successful). Then, go back to the three previous lists, and note the assets, strengths and skills, and enjoyable activities at work when you felt like a success.

    Start crafting a statement that defines what makes you unique and special. By reviewing your lists, you should now have a good sense of what makes you special and unique. Which of all of the words in your lists describe what make you perfect for the work you do for others? You may start with a long statement of two or three paragraphs. Include what clients and employers have valued about your performance. Ask, "In what ways have I benefited the people for whom I have worked?"

    Edit your statement until it is short, snappy, to the point and describes your uniqueness. You should now have your USP (Unique Selling Proposition) in manageable form. The final step is to make sure that it not only describes what is unique about you, but also describes what you enjoy doing and who you enjoy being. You want to make sure that you are selling yourself for a life that you will love.

    Start telling potential clients what you can do for them and why you are the unique person to do it. Share your USP in your marketing materials, at networking even