Spontaneous Brilliance (ePub)

Some part of you knows you are brilliant. You may not believe it or understand it or even fully recognize it, but deep inside, you can feel it! And that's why we're here. We are here to bring that feeling-that little whisper of possibility-into glorious expression.

Welcome to Spontaneous Brilliance, a specific and simple guide to help you notice and nurture the genius within yourself and all those around you. We're going to break through some long-held myths and misunderstandings and explore ways to:

• recognize and honor your own brilliance
• reignite your sense of playfulness and wonder
• think, decide, and act with clarity and confidence
• step to center stage in your own life
• show the world the magnificent, unique, creative genius that is you

Introduction:

Whether you believe it or not (frankly, whether anyone believes it or not), the fact is that everyone-and I do mean everyone-is brilliant. Each and every person on this planet is a unique creative genius in their own right.

The problem with brilliance is not that some people have it and some people don't. The problem is that relatively few people live, learn, or work in the proper circumstances for that brilliance to be expressed. Simply put, there is no shortage of brilliance on this planet, just a reluctance to offer it and a resistance to accepting it.

Let's be honest, when was the last time you looked at yourself in the mirror and knew that you were looking at a genius? When was the last time you looked around and believed that everyone you could see, regardless of their age, education, occupation, or limitation, was a uniquely brilliant, creative genius? If your answer is never, don't feel bad. Given what we think we know about genius, most people would agree with you.

For instance, we believe that there are people who are brilliant and people who are not. We believe there are creative people and non-creative people. We believe that there are those with talent and those without. We believe that there are relatively few geniuses and a lot of non-geniuses.

Somewhere along the line, we bought into this notion that the cosmic lottery favors some of us more than others. We have come to accept that the rare few brilliant, creative geniuses move to the forefront of life. They are the ones who make all of the discoveries and innovations that solve problems and fill needs for the rest of us, while we just exist in the background somewhere, providing the backdrop for their brilliance.

And the good news is that we are wrong.

The simple fact is that none of us belong in the background of someone else's life. We each belong in the foreground of our own life. We belong center stage!

Each of us is a unique creative genius with a powerful purpose that we came here to share. Let me state that another way (in case you missed it the first time): You are a unique creative genius with a powerful purpose that you came here to share!