Gay Hendricks - The Genius Zone: The Breakthrough Process to End Negative Thinking and Live in True Creativity

Welcome to one of the most important conversations a conscious human being ever has: how to live your whole life in a continuous upward spiral of your creative genius.

Ive been richly blessed to have had thousands of conversations about genius with students and colleagues around the world. In my book The Big Leap, I shared the key findings from my first three decades of exploration into how human beings can optimize the gifts they have been given.

Since The Big Leap came out, Ive discovered several powerful new tools for evoking your genius. Specifically, I want to give you detailed instructions on how to use the most essential technique, a tool you can use in a split second to stop recycling problems and create a life centered in your genius.

The Meta-Tool

In the first part of this book, you will learn how to spot what I call the Genius Moment and how to use a specific tool called the Genius Move. The Genius Moment is an opening, an invitation to bring forth your highest potential. You get hundreds of Genius Moments every day, each one an opportunity to make the Genius Move and step through into the life you really want to live.

The Genius Move is a body-mind tool you can apply in the blink of an eye. Each time you use it you create more open space through which your genius can be accessed and expressed. Think of the Genius Move as a meta-tool, one that makes all your other tools work better.

The rest of the book will show you how to apply the Genius Move to accomplish two major goals: ending your specific type of negative thinking and increasing the flow of your authentic creativity. Youll see how to use the tool in your close relationships, your business dealings, your health, and other important areas of life.

In The Big Leap we opened up a conversation on discovering your own inner genius. In The Genius Zone, we take the conversation to a new level; here you will find out how to live your whole life in the boundless realm of your genius.

The question I want you to consider throughout the book is this: How can I spend the majority of my time doing what I most love to do while making my greatest contribution to the world?

This question is a premier example of what I call a wonder-question. A wonder-question is something you sincerely, deeply want to know. It evokes genuine wonder in you. Its such a big and essential question that the answer to it would change your life.

Experiential Pause

Pause right now to savor the question. Wonder to yourself: Hmmm, how can I spend the majority of my time doing what I most love to do while also making my greatest contribution to the world?

Ask it a few times in your mind to get the feel of it.

As you repeat the wonder-question in your mind, notice the vibrational sound of the words as well as the meaning.

After you say it a few times in your mind, say the question out loud a few times, complete with a hum: Hmmm, how can I spend the majority of my time doing what I most love to do, while also making my greatest contribution to the world?

My own research into this question led me to an unexpected conclusion: our ability to live in our Genius Zone full-time depends on our skill with the meta-tool you will soon learn, the lightning-quick action I call the Genius Move. Once you learn the Genius Move and how to apply it on the fly, you have a practice that can work genuine magic in your life. Even though I have used it thousands of times in my own life and have taught it to thousands of others, the simple power of the practice still fills me with awe when I see it in action.

The Genius Zone

As your skill with the Genius Move grows, you enter the new dimension were mapping out: the Genius Zone. Ultimately, you will come to see that the Genius Zone has no upper limits: its a spiral. The Genius Spiral is an ascending path that takes you into higher and more productive refinements of your creative expression. As you get nimble at applying the Genius Move in your life, you will likely discover the same joyful secret I did: after you live in the Genius Zone awhile, the Genius Zone lives in you. Your genius wakes up every day before you do.

Thats what I want for you. I want you to feel the joy of living in your Genius Zone all the time. I want you to feel the soaring exhilaration of the Genius Spiral every moment of every day. I want you to go through every moment of your life with the deep sense of satisfaction that comes from bringing forth your true creative gifts. If thats what youd like, too, lets take the first essential step.

Important Recommendation

You will see activities throughout this book designated as Hands-On. The best way to master the material is to pause and do the Hands-On Activities on the spot when you encounter them. For example, if I invite you to pause from your reading and write something out in longhand on a piece of paper, please stop reading and do it then and there. Doing the Hands-On Activities as you move along produces the mind-body integration necessary to master the use of the tools.