This episode is a practice.

 The last two days we've established that Creativity is a character strength, not a fixed gift — that it lives in every person on a spectrum, that it can be developed, and that when it's suppressed in someone whose Genius depends on it, the cost is real and specific.

 Today we get personal.

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Yesterday I made the case that creativity is not a gift some people receive and others don't.

 It is a character strength.Which means it lives in every person, on a spectrum, and it can be developed.It also means it can be suppressed — and that the suppression has consequences.

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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

Do you think of yourself as creative?

 Even if you answer yes - and maybe you don't, or maybe you hesitate - you've probably been taught that creativity is a gift. What if it's actually a character strength? And as a character strength it can be developed??

Visit the ⁠⁠⁠⁠Genius Kaleidoscope on SKOOL⁠⁠⁠⁠ for community and conversation.

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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

This episode is a practice.

 Two days ago we established that not all goals are created equal — that approach goals, oriented toward whatyou're moving toward rather than what you're moving away from, generate more sustained energy and more genuine development.

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What do you think of when you hear the word prudence? Caution, right? Or timidity. That's only half the story. And each half has another half, because there's an upside and an underside to each half.

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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

Most of us were taught to set goals by people who had no idea what kind of mind we had.

 The frameworks we inherited — SMART goals, vision boards, quarterly targets, the relentless optimization ofachievement — were built for a particular kind of thinker. Linear, singular, outcome-driven. Someone who picks a destination, makes a plan, executes the plan, checks the box.

 For that kind of mind, those tools work reasonably well. What about for the rest of us?

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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

This episode is a practice.

The last two days we've built the concept — structural tension as the creative force generated by clearly holding your current reality and your desired reality at the same time. The gapthat is not a problem, but an engine.

Today we build yours on purpose. This is not goal-setting in the conventional sense. ~~~~

Visit the ⁠⁠⁠Genius Kaleidoscope on SKOOL⁠⁠⁠ for community and conversation.

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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

When talking about setting and achieving goals, structural tension doesn't work automatically. There's a condition that has to be met. You have to be able to hold both sides simultaneously.

If one side collapses, the tension collapses. Andwhen the tension collapses, the engine goes quiet.

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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

Most of us live with a fear or otherwise unhealthy relationship with the gap in goal setting. This gap is structural tension, the relationship between two things: where you are right now, and where you want to be.

The gap isn't a problem. It's the engine.

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Want to schedule a free Flight Check to see if coaching is right for you? Visit my ⁠⁠⁠⁠Coaching Page.⁠⁠⁠⁠

Visit the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Genius Kaleidoscope on SKOOL⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for community and conversation.

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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

I want to invite you to write a letter, or to sit with one, or to speak one aloud if that’s how your mind works.From the person you are right now, at the close of ROOTS, to the person who is about to enter WINGS.

You know things now that you didn’t know ten weeks ago. About how your Genius moves. About what it needs.About what it costs when it goes unrecognized — by the world, and by you.

Find the entire Roots Arc of episodes at edgx365.com/roots

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Want to schedule a free Flight Check to see if coaching is right for you? Visit my ⁠⁠⁠Coaching Page.⁠⁠⁠

Visit the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Genius Kaleidoscope on SKOOL⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for community and conversation.

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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