004: Finding and Maintaining Your Genius with Gina Marotta
Gina Marotta turned the tables a bit as she asked me numerous questions to uncover my areas of "genius," the zone where I naturally shine. She shows you how to do the same.
— YOU'LL LEARN —
1) The value hiding in frustrating encounters with people.
2) How to stay in your genius groove when other forces might knock you off.
3) The benefits of play
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— ABOUT GINA —
Gina Marotta loves work and wants you to as well. She is a thought-leader & strategic guide around what she believes is the most essential element for work to be fun, fulfilling, and fruitful: knowing and expressing one’s own inner genius. She spends her days writing, speaking, and counseling around genius to help people uncover and step into their most natural talents and the work they were born to do. She is lovingly known as “The Genius Guru.”
• Gina’s website: www.ginamarotta.com
• Gina's Facebook: Gina Marotta
— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —
• Article: Myers-Briggs thinkers vs. feelers.
• Article: The age cutoff for a “millennial.”
• Website: Step Up women’s network
• Study: Gallup employee engagement studies
• Book: Pour Your Heart Into It by Howard Schultz
• Podcast: Optimize by Brian Johnson
• Video: TED talks
• App: Pocket Google Chrome extension to read longer online content later.
• App: Instapaper
• App: Audible audio books
• Tool: Four “magical questions” to compile data daily on your genius.
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