The Big Leap: Conquer Your Hidden Fear and Take Life to the Next Level

What is my unique ability? (There’s a special skill I’m gifted with. This unique ability, fully realized and put to work, can provide enormous benefits to me and any organization I serve.)

that if she made a big commitment to her creativity, she might fail on a bigger scale. If she stayed small, she could avoid the possibility of big rejection.

In my work, what produces the highest ratio of abundance and satisfaction to amount of time spent? (Even if I do only ten seconds or a few minutes of it, an idea or a deeper connection may spring forth that leads to huge value.)

What work do I do that doesn’t seem like work? (I can do it all day long without ever feeling tired or bored.)

What do I most love to do? (I love it so much I can do it for long stretches of time without getting tired or bored.)

I commit to living in my Zone of Genius, now and forever.

Just notice the voices and feel the fears. That’s all you need to do with them. You don’t need to rid yourself of them. Where would they go, anyway? All you need to do is acknowledge them, wave to them, let them know you’re aware of them. Then get busy learning to live in your Zone of Genius.

Most people have a carefully crafted, well-justified story about why they can’t take their Big Leap.

Longing is a persistent, lingering feeling of wanting something you can’t quite get or something you’ve judged unobtainable.