BEING A GENIUS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOUR IQ?

Your genius is the kind of thinking or problem solving that you’re best at.  When you’re using your genius at work, time flies. It’s a visceral feeling that  many people describe as being in the zone—fully engaged and challenged in a way that is not too easy or too hard. You’re heavily immersed in your work and not bothered by distractions. You’re challenged but not overwhelmed.  You’re excited, and you feel a sense of confidence and accomplishment.  You feel as though you’re on fire.    Performing well on standardized tests, getting good grades, and being outgoing are traits often considered inherent to success. But when you look at what’s critical for long-lasting success, you see that it’s driven by being intellectually challenged by the work you’re doing. You are so engaged in this thinking,  you want to do it all the time. This drive is what’s needed to persevere through failures and never give up, two things that science tells us are essential for success.    Try this: The first step to identifying your genius is to find the places in your  job where you already use it. Ask yourself the following questions.  Resist the urge to say the “right” thing or the smart thing, and answer the  thing that is truest to you.  1) What are the moments and the tasks I am doing when I am in the zone at work? These are the times where I’m intellectually on fire,  stimulated, and energized by the thinking that I’m doing.  2) What is the type of thinking or problem solving that caused this  intellectual challenge to occur?