The Way of Genius

Genius is thinking of something in a way that no one ever has before. Even though there seems to be nothing new under the sun, there are countless things that have not been discovered, invented, explored, or expressed in depth.
As the neuropsychologist Howard Gardner points out, there are as many types and facets of genius as there are forms of intelligence. Instead of discussing categories and qualities of genius, I use this term to describe the highest caliber of thinking or exceptional performance. But no matter how astutely it's defined or described, it remains as mysterious as the universe. Geniuses are able to see what many miss. They see possiblities in the impossible.
Many geniuses can simplify the complex, make the unknown known. They can grasp the ungraspable, making whole what others make only in parts. They can look at old ideas and discover new things in them. They can recombine information in refreshing and novel ways. They can create and adapt concepts. They can optimize knowledge and experiences.

A genius has the ability to see around corners using intuition. A scientific and mathematical genius makes visible the unseen truths of nature, such as light, gravity, electricity, and other phenomena. Geniuses in music, literature, and comedy seem to be able to "get a grip on" things that are untouchable or abstract to most people - things like the way we learn, think, feel, and communicate.

Geniuses not only know how to grasp the packets of information delivered to us at light speed. They also know how to unpack them, and they know how to use the contents of the packets in novel and productive ways.

But how to become one? look forward in my next blog to learn the techniques