Should Everyone Have A Forte?

When you look around you, everyone seems to have a particular strength.  You see actors that have perfect comedy delivery or ability to move an audience with just one look (a recent example being the actor playing Stephen in the BBC dramatisation of 'Birdsong').  You hear note perfect singers and exceptional songwriters.  You read moving books written by authors that have a way with words.  Even in your family you can see the mother that has a way with baking, the brother with an eye for numbers and a father with never-ending patience. But can you really tell what your own strength is?

Surely going by my first few examples it's obviously something you make money from or benefit from.  However, when I think of my jobs of working as a shelving assistant, a receptionist and a note-taking, are my strengths really as easy as an eye for detail and customer service?  And anyway these really aren't career paths of my natural choice.

So the next thing to look at is my educational background.  I have a degree in Psychology, but then I really don't have a scientific mind particularly when there is a need for statistics.  I've also been told I'm not very original (just look at my dissertation/English Language A-Level coursework).

Looking further back to school reports I was always considered strongest at English and my creative writing.  However my grades in English and English Language at A-Level beg to differ and a certain member of the Open University particularly criticised the way I wrote creatively.

In my own opinion I was always amazed by my exceptional memory, but this seems to have disintegrated over time.  I always thought my writing was pretty good but then see above.

So what am I good at?

I figured that maybe I could try and work it out and report back on here.  I think I'll try several different things from drawing/singing/playing an instrument/speaking a different language etc etc to see if I do actually have a forte...wish me luck.