Most often we see people excelling at their academics and conclude that they are geniuses. There are many first class graduates that are last class in life. More still are second class upper graduates but living in the lower class of society. We all have an equal opportunity to be as unequal as we want to be. Genius is attainable by any one at any time in their life. There are so many who were ones considered dummies, who by their choice to excel became better at solving problems and thus discovered five powerful ways to express their hidden genius.
A genius is an exceptionally intelligent person or one with exceptional skill in a particular area of activity. Are genius born or made has been a question many have asked for a long time. I will not claim to have the answer to that question but what I know is this; so many have moved from the class of dummies into the class of genius and so can you. Dr Ben Carson is a notable example. Let us consider the five factors
- Know yourself and why your here: Genius involves figuring out who you are, and owning yourself. Its about amplifying your best traits and compensating for the rest. There are billions of people in the world today, a few are succeeding exceptionally while a vast majority are failing miserably. What is the difference between success and failure? Is it based on parental background, community, government or church? In as much as all these factors influence people's level of success, many have succeeded despite disadvantaged backgrounds. There is a reason you are here. You are not here to do every thing, you are here on a specific assignment. You were created on purpose for a purpose. "We all have a part to play in life and all you can do is play it", Basam in the movie Tyrant". It is your responsibility to discover it. You can not display genius outside your purpose. I feel most alive when I teach because that is my purpose. Let me ask you a question? If money was not a factor what will you love to be doing right now. When you locate it, the world will locate you
- Discover your hidden abilities: Abilities are given to fulfill purpose. Birds fly, fishes swim. Water has the ability to quench the need for liquid in the body acid doesn't. I love teaching and the ability to compose and transmit information (communicate) comes naturally. Its the easiest thing I do. I studied civil engineering at the university, how ever I have little or no interest in construction. The best I could have been as an engineer would be a local champion, but watch out where am going as a communicator. Can I tell you something? What you were taught in school will not make you great except it is tailored towards your purpose. You want to stand out? Stand on the abilities that come naturally to you.
- Focus on your purpose: Greatness comes at a cost and that cost is focus. "this one thing I do" said Paul the Apostle, not 10 things. He that is every where is nowhere. The energy from the sun can cause a paper to burn when its rays are focused through a convex lens. Focus causes you to be on fire and when you are on fire people will love to come and see you burn. You have to focus on your assignment to make impact in life. Be focused and you will drill your pure genus from the core of your being.
- Persistence: If you want to be a genius you must persist and insist. Genius does not come overnight. No classic is created overnight. That is one difference between other Hoods and Hollywood. John Maxwell, one of my mentors as a communicator said that in one of his leadership classes a man walked up to him to appreciate him for the insight he had given them This gentle man went further to say that he wished he had heard the leadership genius 20 years earlier. To that statement John replied, "You wouldn't have wanted to hear me 20 years ago". What made the difference between who he was 20 year before and who he was at the time they talked? Persistence. Persistence converts the freedom to be a mediocre to an opportunity to enlist yourself among the high flyers. There is a reservoir of genius in you, persist until the world sees it.
- Learn from the best: Successful people are those that are willing to learn from successful people who have gone on the journey of success before them. Isaac Newton a genius in every sense quipped, "If I could see any further than others, it was because I stood on the shoulders of giants". You can only learn the best from the best. Who are you learning from? One of the ways I learn from the best is through their books. I have never met John Maxwell but there are just few of his books I don't have and haven't read. You see the wisdom radiating from a man's mind can be reflected to your mind through the pages of his books. The number one book to read, however is the bible because it is the word of the best of the best, God himself.
Genius awaits you, take responsibility and become who you were created to be.
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