Human beings exhibit an astonishing array of strengths and abilities. To become really good or even "gifted" requires that we spend considerable time developing our innate talents, strengths and abilities.
Individuals attain exceptionally high levels of performance because they may have had innate talents in certain areas as children and they worked very hard for several years to attain mastery. The main point is that hard work, not just natural abilities or high IQ, often determine a person's ultimate success and level of expertise in a particular domain.
The real question is: where do we start?
To answer that question, you first need to assess where you are today. You may do this by using a tool to assess your multiple intelligences.
In addition to expanding your natural strengths and abilities, all 21st-century professionals should add these four essential creative skills to their repertoire: improvisation (make effective real-time decisions in new and complex situations), design thinking (envision and construct), experimentation (design a process that yields sufficient information) and aesthetic awareness (discriminate between various sensory inputs, recognize the feelings and thoughts invoked).
Source: Eric W. Stein: Fostering Creativity in Self and the Organization: Your Professional Edge