Author Elizabeth Gilbert, famous for her bestseller Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
Super-human in that geniuses – not just great artists but anyone who requires creativity to do their work – are often judged by their ability to produce brilliant material measured by unbelievably high standards.
Instead of creativity or genius coming from within individuals, Gilbert suggested that creativity instead is a gift bestowed upon us from the cosmic communal pool, and that our job is merely to show up and be open to receiving it. She advised the audience:
"Just do your job. Continue to show up for
your piece of it. If your job is to dance, then do your dance. If the
divine, cockeyed genius assigned to your case decides to let some sort
of wonderment be glimpsed for just one moment for your efforts, then Ole. And if not, do your dance anyhow. Ole to you, nonetheless, just for having the sheer human love and stubbornness to keep showing up."
More evidence for Woody Allen's adage that 90% of life is about showing up…
What are you showing up for?
How do you tap into the source of your creativity and genius?
Before specializing as a professional coach in 2004, I spent more than a decade in leadership, management and program development for state and local government and non-profit organizations. Now I get to help leaders and teams have more clarity and ability to stand up for what's important in their work and in their organizations. Working with me, leaders and teams find more meaning and purpose, feel happier and more confident, navigate change and conflict, and work together better.
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