Deep down you know you’re brilliant, don’t you?
When you allow yourself to do what you do best, in the way that you do it best, you are brilliant.
And yet one of the things people ask me most often is “How do I know how to be brilliant?”
This post is an extension of this week’s Joyful Genius Live
Allow yourself to remember how to be brilliant
I remember times in my otherwise fairly miserable corporate career when I felt truly alive. They generally involved me stepping outside of my usual job description. And they involved me doing what I now recognise as coaching.
Those moments of pure joy when I got to watch someone step up and claim their brilliance, those were MY flashes of brilliance. I felt alive and alight, like I was doing what I’m here on the planet to do. But it took doing my Core Process and discussing it with my mentor for me to realise that.
And I’m willing to bet that you too have memories of times when you have been utterly brilliant at something. And it wasn’t exactly what anyone was paying you for.
Add your genius to what you get paid for
So, you can remember times you were brilliant. It’s fun to do that, isn’t it? If you’re like most people I meet, you don’t allow yourself to appreciate your genius moments anything like enough.
The modern world is all about certain things you’re supposed to do in order to get paid. And you’re supposed to practice the ones you’re not so good at, until you become better at them.
But here’s the thing: you’re never going to be brilliant at something that doesn’t light you up.
So here’s my suggestion. Take what people pay you for, and add to that your unique extra ingredient, your special brilliance.
Don’t be a good little cookie-cutter version of what you think the world is looking for from you. Be a brilliant, sparkly, frosted-cupcake-with-all-the-sprinkles version of what people pay you for, and of what you love to show up as.
You know how to be brilliant
Give yourself some time to explore what work really lights you up. You can do that while sitting in your favourite chair with a nice drink, or maybe out on a walk in the glory of nature. Or it might be in the lotus position and meditating deeply. Whatever works for you.
The important thing is that you allow yourself the time and the space to identify those sweet moments when you just knew you were being you at your very best. As you go back through your memories of doing great work, you’ll recognise those instances of brilliance from the energy that they carry for you.
When you feel yourself smiling inside, maybe even smiling out loud, that’s you in your genius.
Then go do more of that!
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