Your Zone Of Genius

“If I took the Big Leap into my Zone of Genius, I might fail. What if I really opened up to my true genius and found that my genius wasn’t good enough? Better to keep the genie in the bottle and coast along in the Zone of Excellence.” -Gay Hendricks, The Big Leap

“You’ve got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don’t settle…

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” -Steve Jobs

Just because you have a natural proclivity for the thing or people tell you how excellent you are at doing the thing, or you can make really good money doing the thing, etc…doesn’t mean you should be doing the thing.

You should be doing the thing solely because it’s the thing you badly want and love to do. You feel it uniquely suits you. Regardless of what people think. That’s your “Zone Of Genius.”

Find your Zone of Genius and do it and you will find deep fulfillment and lasting joy. It’s also how you will make the greatest contribution and impact on the world.