Inform Yourself

More discoveries from Mr.Jay Niblick's Genius Project.

When you openly and honestly acknowledge that God didn’t screw up and the only mistake has been in how you apply what was given to you; when you stop neglecting your inner-self; once you have dropped that rock from your shoulders and once you have become truly authentic you will find there is an almost mystical aspect to the performance you will achieve. Basil King said, “Be bold and mighty forces will come to your aid.” I think those mighty forces he talks about have been inside of you all along. They were just hidden in untapped potential. They weren’t allowed out. When you become authentic, though, and once you let those talents out, it is as if you are suddenly plugged into some invisible energy that powers your performance and the results you get often elicit a feeling of “How did I do that? It didn’t seem that hard.”

When this happens you are in what I call the flow. Abraham Maslow talks about Peak Experiences noting these are times where people are in the flow. He describes people in peak experiences as being one with what they do. The two are not separate. The person is not “thinking” about doing it, they are just doing it. Athletes and artist commonly get in the flow, and the professional athletes we’ve worked with tell me that if they have to think about it, it’s too late. In business, author Marcus Buckingham describes this moment by saying, “your whole brain seems to light up as if a whole bank of switches were suddenly flicked on.”

When people try to over ride their natural talents, they feel broken, not whole and unfulfilled. When, however, they let nature take its course and they allow who they are to come to the surface they feel complete, whole and fulfilled. In the flow they perform much better and often they are a little mystified with the results. They don’t feel as if they had to put in as much effort as one might expect they had to in order to achieve such stellar results. But they get them none-the-less.

There is one final benefit from being authentic. When you are authentic not only do you find amazement in it but also those around you are equally as inspired. They bring about peacefulness and wonder in everyone who comes into contact with them. It is truly fun and captivating watching someone who is completely authentic. It should come as no surprise that these people are extremely successful at what they do, when they do it in this fashion.

Others may be technically very good at what they do, but if they are inauthentic then they sabotage their ultimate success and they do not inspire those around them nearly as much. Only part of their attention can be applied to their actual work – the other part has to be given to themselves, as what they are doing is not natural and thus it requires that they slow down to think about it more cautiously or intently. They are spending some of their effort on thinking about how to be something instead of just being it.

Inspiring others is a wonderful side-effect of being authentic.