Recently I wrote about the genius zone. Remember the genius zone? It’s the place where you are doing something almost no one else can. The activity comes to you naturally. You don’t even need to think about it. It’s like god put the words in your mouth, you are simply opening your mouth and letting out what is already in there.
It can be difficult to know what is in your genius zone. If someone asks you what is in your genius zone, and you don’t know what the answer is, don’t worry. Don’t feel bad or “less than” — it’s completely normal to not know what’s in your genius zone.
In fact, if I had to put a number to it, I would say that well less than 20% of the population knows what is in its genius zone.
On the subject of finding what’s in your genius zone: One of my favorite songs is Athena’s “Ses Etme” (“Don’t Speak,” or “Don’t Make A Sound,” something like that).
The song is about obsession, about wanting something so much you would rather die than not have it.
If you are wondering what your genius zone is, this area of obsessions is a good place to start looking.
I’m not saying that all obsessions are good, not at all. If someone said to me “Matt, I am obsessed with heroin, can shooting heroin be my genius zone?” I would say “Probably not, maybe keep looking.”
But there is a fairly high correlation between things you are obsessed with and things that are in your genius zone.
Your obsessions and subjects of geekiness tend to be fairly fertile ground for finding your genius zone, so if you are looking for your genius zone, maybe start there.
