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Finding Your Zone of Genius: A Special Replay of Episode 25 (Updated)

Finding Your Zone of Genius: A Special Replay of Episode 25 (Updated)

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Finding Your Zone of Genius: A Replay of Episode 25

In Episode 98 of the Undiscovered Entrepreneur, host Skoob apologizes for missing the previous week's episode and presents a replay of the highly popular Episode 25. This episode, focused on discovering your 'zone of genius,' has been updated for better clarity and quality. Drawing from insights found in the book 'The Big Leap,' Skoob discusses four essential questions that can help individuals identify their unique talents and passions. These questions explore what you love to do, work that doesn’t feel like work, the ratio of satisfaction to time spent, and your unique, priceless gift. Skoob also shares personal experiences that highlight his own journey to finding his zone of genius, such as his love for podcasting and helping others. Listeners are encouraged to reflect on these questions and share their discoveries.

Book Mentions

The Big Leap By Gay Hendricks

Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

00:00 Introduction and Apology
00:38 Replay of Episode 25: Finding Your Zone of Genius
01:14 Solo Episode: Discovering Your Zone of Genius
02:30 Question 1: What Do You Most Love to Do?
06:31 Question 2: What Work Doesn't Feel Like Work?
08:54 Question 3: Abundance and Satisfaction Ratio
14:05 Question 4: Your Unique Priceless Gift
16:55 Recap and Final Thoughts
19:03 Closing Remarks and Call to Action
20:26 Encouragement for Future Entrepreneurs

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Transcript

 zone of Genius update

zone of Genius update

[00:00:00] This is an Undiscovered Legacy production and proud member of PodNation TV Network.

Hello, Scooblievers, and welcome to episode number 98 of the Undiscovered Entrepreneur, and it's me, Scoob, coming at you on whatever device we happen to be listening on. All right, so right here up front, I owe you a huge apology, Scooblievers. I'm really sorry I was not able to put out an episode last week.

My bad. I'm sorry.

Due to unforeseen circumstances. I wasn't able to put out an episode last week, but we're back on track I want to put this one out just for you. And this is actually a replay of my most popular.

And it's a replay of my episode 25, where we talk about how to find our zone of genius. And I've updated it a little bit, made it sound a little bit better, and actually gave it a video that I think was worthy of it. So, I really wanted to take this [00:01:00] opportunity and play this for y'all again, because it's really super important.

And it was my favorite episode to actually do and it was my very first solo episode. So Let's go ahead and listen to me talk about how we find our zone of genius

Hello, scuba leavers and welcome to another episode of undiscovered entrepreneur and today we're actually doing something a little bit different, something I've been looking forward to for quite some time now. And I think I finally got it down here. We're actually doing a solo episode. So today it's just you.

And me, just us together talking about something that's really important to me. And I think it might be important to you too, if you're looking into. Finding your zone of genius. So what this episode is really about here is how to find your zone of genius and just some steps that I've found in the book called the big leap.

Now I've talked about the big leap a couple of times in this podcast and diving into it and finding out how to find [00:02:00] my zone of genius is what I did in this book. Cause it gave me some simple. Questions to ask myself and the answers to these questions help me define my zone of genius and where I'm most suited in my life.

So this book was definitely life changing for me and I wanted to share it with you. That way maybe you can have some kind of, I don't know, some kind of profound effect or something to think about in your entrepreneur adventure as you move along and find out who you really are in this world. So, there are four main questions that you need to ask yourself when trying to find your zone of genius.

The first question is, what do you most love to do? The second is, what work do you do that doesn't really feel like work? The third question is, in my work What produces the highest ratio of abundance and satisfaction to the amount of time spent? And the final question, what is a unique [00:03:00] priceless gift you carry within yourself?

Four majorly profound questions that really make you think about and what you do and how you do things. So I'm going to take these one by one and let's see where it leads us. So the very first question again is, what do you most love to do? So I actually gave this question a lot of thought, especially being the first question.

Cause I knew it was going to produce some thinking is what do I love most love to do? And I've done a lot of things in my lifetime. I've done a lot of different types of sales. I've done pallet making. I've done grocery clerk. I've drawn checking. I've done God, just so many different types of jobs, but none of them I really love to do.

Now, I couldn't say that I love being a checker. I couldn't say that I love making pallets. Heck, I couldn't even say I'd love selling cars. At [00:04:00] first I thought I did, but it didn't really work out that way. So what I realized is when I actually started doing this podcast, there's two things that I realized.

Thing number one, I realized I love helping other people and that actually goes way back into my early childhood. I loved helping other people, whether it be just to hold open a store door for them or to help them pick up something they've dropped, or if they asked me to do a favor, I would gladly do it and be happy about it.

So I, it made me dive back into thinking I really love helping other people. So, Doing this podcast the way I've been doing it and helping other people in their entrepreneur adventure has really made me feel like I really am in my zone of genius. The other thing I've noticed too is when I edit these podcasts, as strange as it may sound cause a lot of people tell me that editing is really a hassle and tedious, but I actually love editing my podcast, [00:05:00] making it sound good going through and having a finished product has really put me.

In a zone of genius and I love doing it. A zone of genius really is, can be difficult to find. To actually think back and to know where your zone of genius is, what you actually love doing on your day to day basis it's hard to think about, can you actually say I love doing blank and that's really what you need to think about when you think of.

What do you most love to do? So what do you most love to do? What do you do on your daily? Routine that you could say you really love to do and if it's not on your daily routine, maybe it's Doing something else something you're not really sure about But you know that you really like it and then maybe you should dive a little bit deeper into how it actually works Sometimes we find it by accident we do something we're not really sure about You But when we do, it's amazing.

That's what I did on my podcast. I wasn't planning on podcasting until I found out about it [00:06:00] and then saw how to do it. And I just wanted to give it a try. And lo and behold, here we are. We're in, we're in this together now, and I'm loving every second of it. So, I can honestly say that this is what I most love to do.

So think back. Think back, not just today or yesterday or day before, but maybe a couple of years ago, maybe 10 years ago, what is the one thing you could have actually said that I really most love to do? Okay. So the next question is, what work do you do that doesn't really feel like work? And that's a common thing.

I've heard a lot of people say that. I really found it to be true. Doing this podcast for me, hasn't really felt like work, even though it's definitely work. And I've had to put a lot of time and effort into it. And, monies that I had set aside for other things, but I just love doing it so much. I, I [00:07:00] just had to, I just had to continue doing it.

But every time I got on with a guest. It wasn't work. It was fun. It was just a blast to be able to learn and help other people. So when you think about it for yourself, when you're doing things in your day to day or on your times off or anything like that, what work are you really doing? That's not really work.

And take that into account into finding what your zone of genius actually is. Do we actually even know what that feels like? What does it feel like when you're not, when you're working but you're not really working? And, I find that I find myself in a flow. And if anybody knows about flow, it's basically when you lose track of time and hunger and what's going on around you right now and you're zoned in, you're in that zone Of just what you're doing and what's in front of you and how you're doing it [00:08:00] and your hands are moving, your eyes are moving and you're zoned in on that.

Just one particular thing that you really are in love with doing. You know when you reach that flow. I do. My heart feels like it's on fire. Feels really good. My head is clear. I know, and I'm zoned in on exactly what I'm doing, and that's called Flow. There's a book called Flow. If you really want to know more about Flow, check out the book.

I'll have it in the show notes for you so you can see what that looks like, and it is in my website resources. So, that being said, what work do you do that really does not feel like work? Ask yourself that question right now. Maybe you have an answer. Maybe you don't. But it's definitely something that you want to think about as you're finding your zone of genius.

Next question is really something different to think about, but at the same time is very vital [00:09:00] in finding your zone of genius. In my work, what produces the highest ratio of abundance and satisfaction to the amount of time spent? So what does that really mean? Let's break it down a little bit in my work or whatever you're doing.

What produces the highest ratio of abundance. So you really have to sit down and figure out what abundance really means to you as a person, because everybody's definition of what abundance is, it's going to be different. So breaking it down, you really have to figure out what abundance means to you and satisfaction, what satisfies you the most when you're done with what you're doing.

Now me, the abundance and satisfaction again has two meanings. The abundance of what I'm actually doing and what I actually finish and produce out for you as the podcast. And the satisfaction of that and what I'm doing. So ask yourself right now, as you're listening to this, what is [00:10:00] abundance to you? Is it an amount of feeling that you have?

Is it something that you're producing? Is it something that you're feeling? And is the abundance and satisfaction of that abundance really something that you can be happy about? Then, after that, you want to think about the time spent on producing the abundance and satisfaction. How much time are you actually spending on producing the abundance and satisfaction of whatever you're doing?

And then think about the ratio between the two. How much abundance and satisfaction are you getting from the time that you spend on that production of the abundance and satisfaction? A lot of times you'll feel that if you're in a flow, it will be actually very little time that you spent producing. the abundance and satisfaction of what that is.

I'll give you an example. [00:11:00] When I edit my podcasts, when I first started editing my podcasts for a half an hour, 45 minutes show, it would take me about four and a half hours to edit and make sound good and presented on my podcast. As time went on, I realized that that time that four and a half hours started dwindling down.

It's doing a little, little by little. As I was learning my podcast, I was learning my editing procedures and my SOP standard operating system of how I produce my podcast. The time actually got down to about an hour and a half. So when it talks about the time spent If you can produce something that you're really, really proud of the abundance and satisfaction in a shorter and shorter amount of time, that ratio gets bigger [00:12:00] and bigger for yourself.

That's when you know you're in your zone of genius when you could double produce in a lesser amount of time. Some also in the book, it talks about Einstein time, and this is when I like to go into Einstein time. So if you really think about it when you're in your zone, it feels like no time has been spent at all doing what you're producing, even though two or three hours may have gone by already.

It's only been 10, maybe 10 or 15 minutes. So in that hour and a half time that takes me to edit my most of my podcasts, it'll feel like to me while I'm in my flow that only maybe 15 or 20 minutes have gone by. When that happens to you, there's a good indication that you're in your zone of genius doing whatever it is that you happen to be doing at that particular time.

Have you felt that at all? [00:13:00] I certainly have. When I do my interviews, my interviews are generally about an hour, hour and a half, and then they cut down a little bit after editing and things of that nature. But I feel like I've only spent 10 or 15 minutes with this amazing person that I'm learning from.

Then I look at my time and an hour has passed already. What? Where did that time go? That's Einstein time. Because the physical time still keeps clicking, but even though you feel. That time has not clicked at all. So when you're talking about abundance and satisfaction ratio in my work that produces in my work, what produces the highest ratio of abundance and satisfaction to the amount of time spent?

That's what they're asking for. That's what they're talking about. How much time have you actually spent on creating your abundance and satisfaction? And if you feel that we spent less time than actually happen You're in your zone of genius. So [00:14:00] always keep that in mind as you're going along your entrepreneur adventure and finding your zone of genius.

So the very last question, what is your unique priceless gift you carry within yourself? What is that one superpower that you actually have that nobody else has? What is that superpower that you have that you feel you can help other people with? So I've always had a knack for helping other people.

That's been my superpower, I think, being able to listen to them and understand what they're doing and understand how it is I can help them. And if I can't help them, I could at least point them in a direction that somebody else can help them. I don't hold it against myself. I knew at a very young age that the gift that I have to be able to help other people was prevalent.

It was prevalent in me, and everybody around me knew it. I know as I got older, I lost that a little bit, but when I started [00:15:00] things up again and podcasting and helping other people, it made me remember. So sometimes you need to think back to what really made you happy, what made you share that gift with other people.

Now if you're not sure what that gift is, that unique priceless gift that you have, and you really can't think of what it might be, The best thing to do is ask other people what it might be. Cause sometimes it's hard to see the label of the bottle if you're inside the bottle, right? So put a post out there with your best friends or just ask somebody, Hey, what do you think my one superpower is?

What's the one thing that makes me, me, you'd be surprised how many people actually want to let you know what that is. Every once in a while, I'll still ask that question. What do you like about me? What do you think my superpower is? Sometimes you'd be surprised [00:16:00] what people will say. I didn't know that. Is that really what you think?

That's amazing. You never know. It could be anything. But it's definitely a good way to figure out what that is. really inner power that you have that you can share with others. And the book, the big leap, it talks about how you compare it to a Russian dolls. I don't know if you've seen those or not, but it's a big doll with a smaller doll inside of it with a smaller doll inside of it with a little teeny tiny doll inside of that, that little teeny tiny doll is your superpower.

Figure out what those different levels are and get to that small doll. That one superpower that you have that you can use in your zone of genius. So I'm just going to say the questions one more time. What do you [00:17:00] most love to do? What work do you do that doesn't really feel like work? In my work, what produces the highest ratio of abundance and satisfaction to the amount of time spent?

And what is your unique priceless gift you carry within yourself? I'm going to explore this more and more. I feel that it can actually help a lot of other people. I might do one or two more solo episodes on just the book itself and a few things that it says that was really profound to me that changed my life.

And hopefully it'll change your life too. Anyway, I'm not exactly sure how long I've been talking here. Hopefully it's long enough for an actual episode. If any of you want to talk about your superpower or any of these questions that you haven't answered to, pull your phone out right now, DM me at DJScoop, that's S K O O B 2021 on Twitter, and let me know what it is.

What is your [00:18:00] superpower? What is it that you most love to do? I want to know. I want to hear about it. And I want to see what those answers actually are. What work do you do that doesn't really feel like work?

What work do you produce that gives you the highest abundance and satisfaction as to time that you spend on that function? I want to know about it. Leave me messages. Let me know that this has helped you in any way, shape, or form. Contact me at DJ SC 2021. Email me UE podcast 20 twenty1@gmail.com.

Anywhere that you can get ahold of me, do it. I wanna hear about it. If you want to get a copy of the book, a copy of the book is available and my resourcesPage@uepodcast.net. Or you can go to TU podcast.net/leap. And they'll take you to a link that's straight to the book. It is a phenolate link. So I will get a little bit of a kickback on that and it won't cost you anything [00:19:00] extra.

So let's do this. I really want to hear from you. All right, that's the show, everybody. Thank you so, so much for listening to me all the way through. And I hope you have a great day. Thanks everybody. Bye bye. 

and gentlemen, thank you so much for listening to that or watching it, depending on what you're going to be doing. I really appreciate you getting through that and finding out how to find your zone of genius once again with me. It was an honor to be able to do that for you, and I hope a lot of you took away some great things from it.

Finding our zone of genius is really important when it comes to finding our entrepreneur adventure. That way we could actually enjoy what we're doing. It being part of our zone of genius. It, it just makes for a different type of feeling to have. Go out and find your zone of genius. That's going to be the driving force for what you actually do and what you actually accomplish in your life, in your entrepreneur adventure.

I have found mine and we're looking at it right now. And I know you could find yours too. If you just take the time to sit down, answer the questions that we went over, and if [00:20:00] you have time, look into the show notes or go to my website in the resources. It's also right there to find that book, find the book that changed my life.

That will change your life to give it a chance. It's going to be amazing. And with that, I'm going to say, thank you very much. Good believers for another great episode. And I will see you next week for episode 99. We're almost 200. We're going to make it. All right, everybody. Thank you. Bye bye. 

And there you have it future entrepreneurs. We've taken another step towards our journey to get across that start line. Remember every great business starts with a single idea and the courage to pursue it. You've already shown that courage by joining us here today. As we wrap up this episode of the Undiscovered Entrepreneur, I want to remind you that the start line isn't as far away as you might think.

With each bit of knowledge you gain, each fear you face, you're getting closer to launching your dream. Until our next [00:21:00] episode together, keep pushing, keep dreaming, and most importantly, keep taking those steps across the start line. They'll all add up to big strides in your entrepreneur adventure. This is Scoob, your guide across the star line.

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