Practical Genius by Gina Amaro Rudan & Kevin Carroll

Author:Gina Amaro Rudan & Kevin Carroll [Rudan, Gina Amaro & Carroll, Kevin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781451626056
Amazon: 1451626053
Publisher: Touchstone
Published: 2013-01-07T16:00:00+00:00

THE POWER OF GENIUS INTENTION

It is my belief that there are no coincidences in life, just the power of intention. I made my list of twenty-five and used all my resources, creativity, and intuition to make connections with them. Every encounter fed me just as I’d hoped it would, built my confidence, and enabled me to make stronger, more purposeful, more personal connections each time. Today the list has been replaced with a fierce intention to connect with practical geniuses everywhere I go. We find one another on airplanes, at concerts, at dinners, at my son’s school, at the library, at TEDx events, in coffee houses, and (of course!) in bars and dance clubs around the globe. They’re out there—the people who can teach you, beat your drum with you, encourage and inspire you, make you smarter, and just make you better at who you are.

How do you find them? The same way I do, by moving through the world with an open and receptive mindset, essentially projecting your genius on a frequency that I promise other geniuses are tuned in to, too. It’s a kind of shared energy that’s a combination of intense curiosity, smart cool hunting, and a natural confidence that is both attractive and accessible. You’re also vibing a potential for intelligent camaraderie that the people you might connect with are vibing right back.

For example, I can be standing in the security line at the airport, and without fail, my energy will connect with someone else’s, and inevitably a conversation begins. Before long, we are looking for a Starbucks to have a coffee together before our flights. It happens in elevators, too, these harmonious energy exchanges with strangers that lead to two-minute chats and an exchange of contact info to reconnect at another time. Think of these innumerable possible genius connections as energy seeds you are constantly flinging out to the universe that will land and take root exactly where they ought to. Your approach should be purposeful but also genuinely open to anything. When you’re in the zone, your genius detector is on all the time and the potential for genius connections is constant and limitless.

Knowing this is true, I move through my day tuned to seek out the genius of others, and when I sense one, instead of letting the opportunity go by, I make a point of introducing myself. Quickly following the introduction, I ask a question: What do you care most about? This is the question that invites the other person to either share his or her authentic story or head for the hills. If the latter happens—which from time to time it does—it’s not that that person didn’t really have the genius vibe, it’s that they he or she wasn’t ready for me. When I engage with someone, I really lead with my passion—and there are times when I can be a little high octane for a perfect stranger! Those who are ready for that first conversation with me, though, dive right in, and the harmony and melody begin to sync up all at once.

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