I was in a café, writing stories. A boy at the next table asked: "What are you doing?", and I froze.
When you are in your Zone of Genius, you cannot explain what you are doing. You just do. Time disappears. Energy grows. A child sees something magical.
What Zone of Genius is
Gay Hendricks (The Big Leap, 2009). Four zones: incompetence, competence, excellence (trap), and genius, where talent, passion, and value align and energy increases.
Zone of Excellence feels like work. Zone of Genius does not. Genius feels like cheating, so guilt pushes you back.· Ken Norton, former VP Product, Google
Does everyone have one?
Yes, not IQ 180, but your unique combination. Gallup: chance two people share the same top-5 strengths in order is one in thirty-three million.
Why it is hard to find
Upper Limit Problem: an internal thermostat for happiness and success. When life exceeds it, we sabotage ourselves.
How to work with it
Not 100%, but more than yesterday. Delegate incompetence and competence. Work on Upper Limit when you sabotage. Self-love as entry condition, without it, genius stays invisible.
Because the child's play, is your genius.
