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Ten surprising places to find your hidden genius

Alex Mathers
4 min readOct 4, 2024

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‘Genius’ is not reserved for a special few.

Those we call geniuses found something that worked and dove into that thing deeper than most.

There’s a genius living in you right now.

You just need to dig that sucker out.

Here are some places to find yours…

1. Childhood passions.

Remember what sparked your attention when you couldn’t stop snot dribbling out your nose.

I loved to draw pictures. Drawing pictures was my career in my twenties.

Action: Spend 20 minutes today noting all the things you loved doing as a child.

How can you bring more of that into your adult life?

2. Things that repeatedly infuriate you.

Our strongest emotional reactions often point to places that give us a ton of energy.

For example, I want to throw a stinking tantrum when I see talented people throwing their lives away. So I enjoy my work as a coach.

Action: List three things that make you angrier than most. Then ask, ‘How is my anger pointing to my passion?’

3. Childhood struggles.

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Alex Mathers

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