Every Day Genius

On Tuesday we named the Blue Flame — the burning desire within you to express your innate Genius. We located it at the intersection of what lights you up and what you do with ease. We found it at the hearth where Heart and Soul sit down together. Yesterday, we looked at Love of Learning as the mechanism that feeds it — curiosity with commitment, the willingness to keep following the thread. And to...

Today, we visit another VIA Strength: Love of Learning. We build on yesterday's episode [200] on the Blue Flame - the desire to express your Genius. And we look at how it relates to Curiosity, a part of Love of Learning, but also its own Strength [featured in Episode 100]. Visit the Genius Kaleidoscope on SKOOL for community and conversation. Michele Jennae is a Genius Hunter and Map Maker. Cr...

You were born with an innate Genius, and a desire to express it. Being and Doing. The Blue Flame is the desire, and in today's episode we are diving into it. The link mentioned in the episode: Take the Genius Imprint Assessment Michele Jennae is a Genius Hunter and Map Maker. Creator of the EDG Butterfly Map, Founder of EDGx365.com EDGx365.com the home of Every Day Genius

Over the last 2 days we've explored what the GROUNDED Genius looks like - out of sync, and what the Genius in Full FLIGHT looks like - alive! Today we talk about how we can read the signs of our Genius. We can learn to recognize the storm that would ground us before it arrives. We can learn to read the clouds that beg us to fly high. Genius Imprint Assessment: ⁠edgx365.com/EDG-assessment ⁠ Two...

Yesterday we talked about what it feels like to be GROUNDED, out of sync with your Genius. Today we talk about the Genius in full FLIGHT! What that looks and feels like. Are you ready to fly? Genius Imprint Assessment: ⁠edgx365.com/EDG-assessment ⁠ Two Wings ebook: ⁠edgx365.com/Two-Wings-ebook⁠ ~~~~ Michele Jennae is the Creator of the EDG Map, founder of EDGx365, and your host on the Every Day Ge...

You've been feeling off, out of sorts, and you can't put your finger on why. Today, we talk about what the Genius looks like when GROUNDED. What the Butterfly looks like who can't seem to get into any kind of flight at all. Genius Imprint Assessment: ⁠edgx365.com/EDG-assessment ⁠ Two Wings ebook: ⁠edgx365.com/Two-Wings-ebook⁠ ~~~~ Michele Jennae is the Creator of the EDG Map, founder o...

Silence. Deafening silence. It's not the silence of meditation or relaxation, but the silence of the void, the one we think is empty. It's actually FULL of possibility, but we have to learn to enter into it, willingly, for it to give up its magic to us. We can get past the "creative block." Sometimes by doing the very thing we're avoiding - getting quiet! Genius Imprint Asses...

The use of the word immaterial is largely used to discount something, to wave it off. While it seems innocent enough, what's really happened is that we've taken real energy (unseen, immaterial energy) away from the things we can't see and touch and hold. Imagination is one of those things and it's one of the keys of Genius. It's time to Make the Immaterial Matter! Genius Imprin...

It was a multi-level AHA moment. As I doodled in my journal, I remembered a moment from almost 50 years ago. Something that makes a big difference to Genius itself, the knowing that is always there, AND to the EDG Butterfly Map, a shape that was already inside me and wanting to come out. It HAD come out but was stopped. Here's the story! Genius Imprint Assessment: ⁠edgx365.com/EDG-assessment ⁠...

In episode 189, Lany talked about how the capacity for work determines either chaos or flow. In this episode, the last one with Lany as my guest, she says that once you've determined that you have the capacity, there is only one thing left to do. "Do the work." And that's exactly where she helps her clients get to. ~~~~~ Lany Sullivan is Chairman and CEO at LanySullivan, LLC She...

The crossing point of the EDG Butterfly Map isn't just a concept. It's a choice. Today, we'll talk about what the crossing point is all about - about how to stop flying from only one wing. We come to the crossing point over and over when our one-wing focus flags, but most of the time, we fail to cross over to the other wing. Why? And What is the cost? Genius Imprint Assessment: ⁠edgx36...

It's another VIA Strength, and it maps perfectly on the EDG Point or crossing point of the EDG Butterfly Map, though it also stands alone, and in concert with the other 23 VIA Strengths. Find out what Perspective looks like from a Genius point of view, the one on the EDG Butterfly Map. Genius Imprint Assessment: ⁠edgx365.com/EDG-assessment ⁠ Two Wings ebook: ⁠edgx365.com/Two-Wings-ebook⁠ ~~~~ Mich...

Last week we named two wings on the EDG Butterfly Map. The Ideation Wing in episode 184 — curiosity, possibility, the pull toward what could be. The Structure Wing in episode 185 — follow-through, systems, making things real.   And in episode 186, we talked about wing dominance — the natural lean of your genius, the wing that tends to do more of the flying.   Today I want to talk about what happen...

Today Lany talks about what a business (and a person) looks like in chaos versus what it looks like in flow. She says that it all comes down to capacity, the capacity to be doing the work. Without it, it's chaos. With it, flow is much easier. ~~~~~ Lany Sullivan is Chairman and CEO at LanySullivan, LLC She can be found at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.lanysullivan.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ,on Facebook at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.facebook.com/lan...

Yesterday's conversation with Lany Sullivan about assumptions led into the subject of road rage, the perfect example of how negative assumptions escalate. Lany points out that there are lessons to be learned, not only about the dangers of road rage itself, but about how other situations in life mirror it. The way we respond has consequences. ~~~~~ Lany Sullivan is Chairman and CEO at LanySulli...

In today's episode, Lany and I talk about assumptions, and our tendency to assume the negative. I start with a reframe with acronyms for both the positive and negative aspects of assuming. Lany then continues the conversation expressing the importance of a pause before reaction, maybe assuming that there is a good reason someone is behaving a certain way that has nothing to do with you. ~~~~~...

One thing Lany Sullivan learned in coaching and in life has been taking 100% ownership for the choices she makes. That's not to say she is always in control of what happens to her, but she can take responsibility for how she responds. Map your Genius Imprint: ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.edgx365.com/start-here⁠⁠⁠⁠ ~~~~~ Lany Sullivan is Chairman and CEO at LanySullivan, LLC She can be found at ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.lanysullivan...

In the last two episodes, we talked about Ideation and Structure being two seemingly disparate ideas, but that like wings on a butterfly, actually work in tandem. Not both at the same time, but one and then the other and then one and then the other in flow, as circumstances require. Ideally, we begin to allow the other wing to take over when the first one starts flagging. This will be discussed in...

In this weekend's episodes, we are looking closer at what makes the EDG Butterfly Map so special by mapping two Genius qualities in you. Ideation and Structure. Tune in to see where you are leaning... Yesterday we learned about the upside of Ideation - curiosity, brainstorming, and creativity, and its downside. Today we look at the other wing: Structure, and its upside and downside. They wings...

In this and the following two episodes, we'll look closer at what makes the EDG Butterfly Map so special, and we'll do it by mapping two Genius qualities in you. Ideation and Structure. Tune in to see where you are leaning... Today: Ideation - curiosity, brainstorming, and creativity. But what happens when we stay here too long? This is a positive quality, but there is a downside! Explore...

My guest Lany Sullivan talks about how her coach helped her, held her hand, gave her clarity, but did not save her. Coaches don't save people. Lany expands on this by explaining how her choices brought their own consequences and that owning the responsibility for those choices actually empowered her. Map your tension: ⁠⁠⁠www.edgx365.com/start-here⁠⁠⁠ ~~~~~ Lany Sullivan is Chairman and CEO at...

Lany Sullivan continues the conversation with her decision to hire a coach. It wasn't an automatic decision but one she had considered for years. The timing was right when it seemed all wrong, financially speaking. Sometimes, you just have to go all in. Map your tension: ⁠⁠⁠www.edgx365.com/start-here⁠⁠⁠ ~~~~~ Lany Sullivan is Chairman and CEO at LanySullivan, LLC She can be found at ⁠⁠⁠www.lan...

Lany and I revisit the tensions present in the paradoxical giving vs receiving and confidence vs humility. Lany gives the perfect response to societal pressures on women to reject compliments. "Just NO!" Map your tension: ⁠⁠⁠www.edgx365.com/start-here⁠⁠⁠ ~~~~~ Lany Sullivan is Chairman and CEO at LanySullivan, LLC She can be found at ⁠⁠⁠www.lanysullivan.com⁠⁠⁠ ,on Facebook at ⁠⁠⁠www.face...

My guest Lany Sullivan returns. In this episode, she has realized the need for self-care but mentions how societal labels rear their ugly heads when something other than the status quo is honored. This time it's the tyrannical label of selfish. Map your tension: ⁠⁠⁠www.edgx365.com/start-here⁠⁠⁠ ~~~~~ Lany Sullivan is Chairman and CEO at LanySullivan, LLC She can be found at ⁠⁠⁠www.lanysullivan...

We've been learning about VIA Strengths at the rate of two per month since January. Today I share Gratitude, and I do it in a way I wish I had for the first seven. I map it for you. I show you what it looks like with the underlying framework of the EDG Butterfly Map, but not explicitly. I don't want to dissect it for you. I want you to see how it flies. If Gratitude is one of your top stre...