Gifted Professionals and Communicators Journal

November 10, 2024
broken heart

Grieve, Rest, and Once Again Rise

There is no cure for one of the oldest and most profound human emotions: grief. Just as it is certain you will learn to love, laugh, walk, talk, feed yourself, and develop as a human being, so too is the certainty you will die. Before that happens, you’ll suffer loss so crushing […]
October 9, 2024
human laying on ground thinking

Two Secrets of High Achievement: Music and Nature

Why is it so difficult to move from thinking to doing? Would you rather read a book and scroll through articles on your phone instead of shutting out distractions to get down to the hard work of creating something or making something out of nothing but your imagination? Would you rather write […]
October 1, 2024
friends gathered around campfire

Air, Food, Water, Friendships

Life support instructions for being truly seen, understood, and loved by other humans Do we need to discuss this or does everyone have plans in place for when they are suddenly without air, food, water, or friends? Many people this week feel the direct impact of Hurricane Helene while millions elsewhere see […]
August 29, 2024
Stack of newspapers

Welcome to the Age of Reinvention

We’ve been expecting you What I was writing for you this week can wait until next week. Before the digital age when publishers could post a story and remove it or change it within minutes, there were printing presses. It took 8 hours, from start to finish to find the stories, sell […]
June 29, 2024

The Big Halftime Show Featuring You

It’s time for your July 1 performance featuring the past, present, and future July 1 is the high-impact, profound curiosity day of the year. It’s the big halftime show you’ve known about since January and it features you, exploring the past, present, and future in an intensive visualization of all three time […]
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 10, 2024

Where is Curiosity Taking You?

Trust Your Gut Is anyone else, like me, constantly wondering about curiosity and contentment? The big question is, will we ever have enough of either? Take my hand and join me on a deep dive into curiosity. First off, I should tell you: I might be uniquely unqualified to tackle most of what […]
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 […]