Tenacity: staying power, fortitude, perseverance, persistence, tenacity, doggedness, grit, resolution, stamina, determination, endurance.
For all of you who believe that genius is about superhuman intellect or world-encompassing insight on command. If you’ve ever been led to believe that working hard infers that you aren’t bright enough to achieve dazzling success on your first pass.
This one is for you.
It’s for those whose vision simply banishes the option of a safe job and bowing to social expectation of settling. For the restless and driven who withstand scorn and scoff of their ideas and …

Until fairly recently most of life was largely predictable. knowable. controllable. Systems, management strategies, “the way we do things around here” could be passed hand to hand through organisations, schools, families.
Clarity, for those of us alive now, is as assuringly accurate as financial projections on a start.up business plan1.

Somewhere along the way we seem to have crashed through some kind of sound barrier, resistance gave way and en-masse we’ve hit a higher frequency. Everything appears to be accelerating to the point where the stable rules have been rendered redundant – …

Especially for those of you who have been wanting more of the “What makes GENIUS?” series:
it’s a 10 part unfolding checklist for those of you suspect that you may be harbouring an inner Einstein..

INNOVATE or IMITATE? Have you been paying attention to the global innovation obsession within business lately? [currently the most requested topic for speakers globally BTW]
And the consequent panic emerging from the apparent shortage of talent to produce said innovation? Whether entrepreneurial or multinational-scale the mania is on the move. The very word innovation, so overworked it’s threatening to become one of those trance-inducing sirens that lures desperate managers into all manner of money-draining consultancy cesspools. Blahblahinnovationblahblahblah blahbl.. oh wait did he say innovation?! signsign BUY quick!
Talent is being taken …

The late Isaac Asimov once observed that “the most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not ‘Eureka!’ but ..”that’s funny“
..how often do you look at the world curiously and ask
WHAT IF… WHY DO THEY.. DO YOU THINK WE COULD.. WOW, WHAT’S THAT.. WHY ? ? ? Challenge reality. Question everything.
“Great Questions lead to Great Quests” – me :-P
(inspired of course by the legendary quizzmaster of all-time.. none other than the originator of true learning and didactic genius.. Socrates)
All matter is just raw …

Life shrinks or expands in proportion to your courage – Anais Nin
There is nothing quite so sweet clear and pulse-racing than being in the presence of someone who is living their life’s purpose. passionately. These are beings who bear a beauty made only more attractive by their battle-scars. Humans who have really used their hearts, minds, bodies and let life live through them.
They are disproportionately sexy.
Those who dare to look ridiculous. As they foolishly and audaciously take on dragons and dreams far beyond their human capabilities or common sense. Without …