Commitment 08:
Genius
When you’re in your zone of genius (aka “flow” or “in the zone”) you spend time doing what you love, what you’re uniquely gifted to do.
Conscious leaders build organizations that allow all team members to realize their full potential – and they support and inspire others to do the same.
Conscious leadership are committed to maximizing their zone of genius, where their full magnificence and creativity can be expressed without hesitation.
From Above the Line
By Me:
I commit to expressing my full magnificence, and to supporting and inspiring others to fully express their creativity and live in their zone of genius.
From below the Line
To Me:
I commit to holding myself back and not realizing my full potential by living in areas of incompetence, competence and excellence.
Practice It:
Step 1
Look back over your calendar from the last two weeks
and make a list of 25 activities you performed in the course of doing your job. Be very specific, e.g. weekly staff meeting, emailed boss updating him on latest client meeting, filled out expense report, client meeting with ABC Products, read report
on performance evaluation, had lunch with administrative
assistant, etc.
Put an arrow next to each activity.
- If your energy went up when you did the activity, put the arrow pointing up ↑
- If your energy was flat when you did the activity,
make the arrow go horizontal → - If your energy went down when you did the
activity, put the arrow pointing down ↓
Step 2
Look at the amount of time you spent doing each activity
and assign a rough percentage to the amount of time you spent
with energy increasing activities, activities that left your energy
flat, and activities that decreased your energy.
