I got this idea while doing research for my book Disruptors. It was then that I learned from Sir Ken Robinson, and later others in the educational field, that genius is taught out of us at a very young age, replaced by route or rational styles of thinking in order to fit into societal standards. And because only a few seem to maintain their intuitive mindset, that is why genius seems so rare, when in truth we all have it within us since birth.
There is nothing wrong or bad with rational thinking. It serves many purposes and necessary for much of what we do. But as Albert Einstein said, it should not be the dominant style of thinking. We have made the intuitive mindset the servant, and the rational mindset the master, when in truth, it should be the other way around.
There’s no such thing as someone who cannot create, invent, design, or discover. It’s merely that this gift is unpracticed in many, and therefore seems rare and often unobtainable. But it’s not. Anyone can access genius with a little practice.
Ironically, everyone basis worthiness, these days, on money and power. Yet most do not know that creative genius is ten times more profitable than mere innovation.
Think of it, until the automobile came around, we relied on horses. Until the cellular phone was invented, we could only go as far as the phone on the wall. And before that, letters and telegrams. And now these things are as common as the washing machine, but their industries are worth billions. And it all came from someone’s imagination. Genius.
