Zone of Genius is an idea from Gay Hendrick’s great book The Big Leap. He invites us to make a list of all the actions we take in our lives and to categorise them into zones. Here’s a full description of the Zone of Genius idea.

I use the Zone of Genius worksheet with a lot of my business coaching clients and within my courses and programmes. It’s a great shortcut where clients can identify which actions and projects they want to spend time on, and to correlate these with which ones are going to be useful for the business. I love it.

I do the exercise and fill out my own Zone of Genius worksheet every year as part of my own business planning. I find that it centres me and reminds me that I need to be operating in my own Zone of Genius. And every year, I notice that my Zone of Genius actions are slightly different as I evolve and as the business needs me in a different way.

I’ll send you the Zone of Genius worksheet by email – watch out for it landing in the next couple of minutes. And then, if you’re not already getting my Business Stories emails, I’ll also send you some more useful tips, ideas and stories about running a small business. These are gleaned from my work with clients, my reading and research plus what I’ve been learning from my own companies.

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