Being Brilliant Every Day

The great myth about personal development is that it’s not about development at all. Reading books, listening to audios or going to conferences is learning, not development.   Learning is the acquisition of new skills, knowledge and experience and increases the breadth of an individual. It is horizontal. Vertical development increases the depth and sophistication of an individual. It transforms capability, capacity and consciousness. Children are an obvious example of development. At first they cannot talk. Then they develop the ability to communicate. They start to pick up new words and they expand their vocabulary. Around the age of 14, most young people have developed enough to function in society. From then on, nothing really changes - unless a situation forces us to develop or we actively pursue vertical growth. Unfortunately that means we are missing out on the stages of adult development that can bring new capabilities and a widening perspective that feels like real growth.  

To be brilliant every day you have to challenge the status quo. You also have to intentionally disconnect from the past that has been holding you back. Start by understanding what drives your performance by studying psychology, neuroscience and other disciplines before integrating these to find the clear simple strategies to help you be brilliant every day. To simplify this complexity you can think of which of the major four ways of being are you showing up as? Beaten- this is where we feel the world is against us and that no one else understands what we are going through so we shut down and don’t reach out for help. It can feel very visionless, like there is no future. Boxed-in- here the world is not against us but we are afraid to pursue dreams to their full potential. There is more energy than when you are beaten but this can create a great amount of frustration because we know what we want but are not yet willing to really go for it.    Brilliant- this is showing up with energy, love pass