The big leap - Gay Hendricks
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The big leap - Gay Hendricks
What’s in it
Gay Hendricks tells us that you can live in one of four 'zones':
Your Zone of Incompetence - where you are doing things that you are not particularly good at
Your Zone of Competence - where you are doing things that you are 'OK' at
Your Zone of Excellence - where you do things that you've grown to be really good at, but that you don't particularly love
Your Zone of Genius - where you do things you absolutely love
The aim is to live in your Zone of Genius as much as possible.
The problem is that you have - what the writer calls - an 'Upper Limit Problem'. And that problem is that - every time you are happy - something happens (or you MAKE it happen) that spoils it. Which can be for a number of reasons, identified in the book.
Why I like it
This book came highly recommended. And for me, the distinction in the various Zones and the recognition that you are stopping yourself living in your Zone of Genius is valuable.
The writer recommends the use of mantras. Which I am not a particular fan of. However, knowing what your Zone of Genius is and having an intention to not let anything stop you, may well be the ticket!