Inform Yourself

My good friend Jay Niblick, founder of Innermetrix International, recently completed a study called The Genius Project. His study became the basis for his latest book, What’s Your Genius? I have worked with Jay for many years assisting organizations and individuals achieve a higher level of performance.

Unleashing Your Genius

“Deep within man dwell those slumbering powers, powers that would astonish him, that he never dreamed of possessing; forces that would revolutionize his life if aroused and put into action.”~ Orison Swett Marden

So, how do you jump? How do you take the work you’ve done so far in these posts to change your perspective on success and your role in it, and actually pull the trigger? It is a surprisingly simple process actually. It’s simple because you have already done the bulk of the work, and it’s simple because when you align your job with your talents better your performance will increase almost by itself. It does this because these are your natural talents. You don’t have to work as hard to be better when you rely on what your brain already does well. This is what we have been talking about all along.

It came to you with little to no effort because that’s how your subconscious mind works. Before any change can take place in the world, it has to take place in your mind, and hopefully by now you have experienced a change in how you think about yourself, your value, your talents, your path and your success/happiness. Taking that first step in the real world involves using the exercises you have already completed as fuel for the practical steps you are about to start taking. You will need to have your Genius profile (you should have this if you worked through the previous posts. If not, get this at http://www.whatsyourgenius.com) handy for this next step.

To start unleashing your genius I want you to look at pages six & seven in your Genius profile. There you will find the lists of “strength areas” and “specific strengths or talents.” In my prior posts I had you circle those talents that you were dependent on in your current role. Pick just one of the talents that you did not circle and this will be the one you will work to maximize your dependence on first. On the same pages you will see “weakness areas” and “specific weaknesses or non-talents.” I also had you circle those non-talents or weaknesses, which you were dependent on. I want you to select just one of those that you did circle, as this will become the first non-talent you will work equally as hard to minimize your dependence on. I recommend you select these talents and non-talents based on which ones are most relevant to the roles you fill right now. Go ahead and look at your Genius profile and select these items right now (i.e., one talent and one non-talent), and write them down in the space provided below.

Write the title of those two items down in the appropriate spaces below, then add a definition for each in your own words.

My Maximizer (Talent):

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My Minimizer (Non-talent):
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