July 31, 2025

Peter J. O’Neil, CAE, FASAE

Gifted Communicator and Transformer of People and Associations I met Peter in 1999—for lunch. My association executive peers said, “You gotta meet Peter O’Neil.” I was past 50 and well established. Peter was a young man, not yet 30 years old, and already an interim executive director of an association I had […]
July 23, 2025

Gifted Belonging at 60: Bigger Adventures Still Ahead

Lily Jedynak, Ph.D., Author, Musician, Business Owner, Creative Dreamer   “I’m uncomfortable if I’m not aiming for the mastery. I become dissatisfied very quickly with myself if I’m not heading for the mastery.” Where do you belong and where is your community when you are an extraordinarily talented adult, professional, and communicator? […]
July 18, 2024

If You’re Gifted and You Know It, Clap Your Hands

What Happens When You Grow Up? Does your childhood memory include learning this song in school or singing along with Big Bird or Elmo? If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands. If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands. If you’re happy and you know it, then […]
June 24, 2024

Is Your Genius Hidden or Not Yet Communicated?

It’s high time to turn a simple story into a powerful narrative It seems like yesterday we were writing and chatting about the hidden genius in you. Polina Pompliano’s book Hidden Genius: The Secret Ways of Thinking that Power the World’s Most Successful People celebrated its first anniversary this week. In our […]
June 17, 2024

Guarantee Your Best Thinking and Work With an Intentional Environment

How To Make Your Office the Favorite Place for Your Brain and Soul Have you noticed? Most professionals treat the office as a prison instead of the happiest place in their life. Too many act like they are serving out their time and hoping for early parole, such as a commercially successful […]
June 3, 2024

Amplifying Works Better Than Trying to Fix Someone

Everyone is both strong and weak, usually from the same source. Instead of trying to fix someone or even trying to change yourself, I have a four-part theory you might consider. This theory came to me after looking for answers in more than 30 journals I’ve written with daily entries for several decades. […]
May 13, 2024

Ah Ha! Here’s Why Your Life Is Not Going As Planned

Why doesn’t high intelligence make anything work? We’re all smart here. We’re not stupid. One of the biggest hurdles for gifted people is realizing they can’t do everything. They can’t know everything. Many of us take on thinking we can make anything work! If only others would cooperate! Sound familiar? That comes […]
April 20, 2024

The Divine Grace of Laughter

Who do you choose to include in your life? Who are the people you choose to include in your life? Of all the people you know, can you think of the one trait that makes you want to stay in touch with someone through all the years, all the moves, and all […]
March 6, 2024

14 Life Lessons in 14 Years

What’s on the other side of 65? Wisdom, life lessons, and the best time of your life. March 1, 2010—It was moving day, and one of the worst snowstorms in Maryland and Washington, DC Metro halted all movement, even by foot. How would a moving van reach me when the “snowmageddon” brought […]