Time is something that we have to make friends with and actually learn to love in order to create the kind of time that we need to do the genius.

One of the things I realize, the thing that prevents us from being willing or able to receive is our own self-perception of self-worth. In other words, it's our identity

that gets in the way. I find that often people are afraid of doing the thing that would be most

valuable to them for time spent. You know, when you really have your heart involved in something

and you need answers, there's no better way than to just

open your heart and ask directly.

Hey, this is Mike Knakes and this is the big leap with Gay Hendrix.

And this episode is the five steps to finding and staying in your zone of genius. I believe it's our

best episode we've ever done. If you've ever wanted to find a way to spend all your time and the

thing you love to do, that you do the best and you get lost in time, you're going to love this

episode. Gay, what are some of the big takeaways that you had today?

Well, we talk about those five things you can do, which are great, but one thing that just lit me up about this episode is about all the other little things we kind of spark off into

creatively. In fact, we got into one little juicy area about how to know what an addiction

is that's very life-changing once you understand it. So lots of juicy side material plus

the five things that you can do to live in your zone of genius. How do you know if you're an

addict? Listen to this episode, watch this episode, and dive right in with Gay Hendricks and me.

So, Gay, here we are.

One of our most asked-for that we get in most popular episodes have to do with operating and staying in your zone of genius, which you are an expert at.

That is one of your zones of genius, which came from the big leap.

So maybe for folks who aren't familiar with that phrase and what it means,

why don't you describe that first? Then we'll come up with the five core, five steps.

Sounds good. Well, that's one of the things I get the most questions on. In fact, I was standing in line

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