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e.</p><p id="4c2f">All the best in finding your Genius!</p><p id="1025">©2021 MAK Sr.</p><p id="f3e3">Below are some selected stories by others on Genius:</p><div id="531f" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/how-to-be-a-genius-4230ab42812d"> <div> <div> <h2>How To Be A Genius</h2> <div><h3>Someone asked this on Quora. I decided to give my sage advice on the topic.</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*k54_mexHRqGQb0a8YnFoSA.png)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="5e89" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/claude-shannon-how-a-real-genius-solves-problems-15b434aeb2b6"> <div> <div> <h2>Claude Shannon: How a Real Genius Solves Problems</h2> <div><h3>Building cores, restructuring and contrast, and multiplying inputs.</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*We5JQX9agHqphfwJY7V1ZA.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="c843" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/the-secret-principles-and-thought-patterns-of-genius-5b495bb70cf8"> <div> <div> <h2>For a Genius Brain, Focus on How to Think, Instead of What to Think</h2> <div><h3>How to train your brain to think and work like a genius</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*DBtwb4utaukusF-kkxQ0rg.png)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="35dc" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/tips-for-decluttering-your-mind-boosting-your-creative-genius-841d3300eefe"> <div> <div> <h2>Tips for decluttering your mind & boosting your creative genius</h2> <div><h3>Consumption is

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8 Tips to Nurture Your Elusive Creative Genius!

“Chance favours the prepared mind” — Louis Pasteur

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Elizabeth Gilbert, the author of “Eat, Pray, Love,”, in her 2009 TED Talk shared that the Romans thought of genius as some sort of a disembodied creative spirit (Ref. for her full talk).

Below are some pointers that I have gathered from my observations, which may help nurture our elusive creative Genius:

  • Be at the right place…
  • …at the right time
  • Mix with the right people
  • Have the right attitude — aim to achieve/produce the best
  • Build your domain expertise (theoretical and practical)
  • Be curious
  • Have bouncing buddies, even if they are not experts in your field. This is my favourite. For example, Dr House “bounced ideas” with three flight passengers (who were not medical experts), when he needed to figure out how to deal with an outbreak on a flight. A “yes man”, a “no man” and a “moral man”! [Ref.]. This may not be the best of examples, but you get the drift. Just thinking out loud to someone (expert or not) can help clear your thought process. It really works! Try it with your loved ones, even if they don’t have a clue what you are talking about.
  • Practice practice practice! You may have heard of the 10,000 Hour Rule, popularized by Malcom Gladwell in his bestseller Outliers: The Story of Success. 10K hours or not (debunked here Ref.), practice is the key!

Note that the first three points come under the larger category of luck. So, you can always blame any one of the three if your Genius remains elusive.

All the best in finding your Genius!

©2021 MAK Sr.

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