Squeezing the trigger
Question for you. If three frogs are sitting on a log and one decides to jump off, how many frogs are left? The answer is; three, because deciding to jump and actually jumping are two totally different things. From time to time I run into a client who has taken the first step (in their head) of deciding to change their lives in one way or another, but one of the hardest things for some people to do is actually take real action. It’s one thing to decide to do something, but quite another to actually do it.
In order to unleash your Genius you must take action. You must leave your comfort zone and you must change your role to make it more authentic to your natural talents.
Tom Peters has a great quote that goes something like, “There’s a great strategic plan – it’s called DO SOMETHING.”
Go do something about becoming more authentic!
I’ve been that frog for too many years, the one who decides but does nothing. Jay’s book isn’t a personal fix it book that gives you ideas that you might….try to improve your performance. Instead, “What’s Your Genius?” is action oriented. It takes you from discovery, to decision, to action, and back again through discovery and then through to action. Jay has a unique way of challenging us to enhance the talents that we have by acquiring training and skills that complement these talents and then acting on them all in order to create “Strengths”. A good example is our own body. We can only build strength by exercise not by “deciding to exercise”. Great ideas Jay.