August 19, 2026

The Hero’s Journey, Part Three: The Road Back Isn’t Backward

On career ladders, starting over, coming home, and learning to count happiness as data We heard you. You want stories, not articles. Your brain is a story machine, seeking patterns and structure. This is a story from inside the world and mind of an origin founder of the GPC Community. Follow along […]
January 7, 2025

In School, Did You Peek the Other’s Answers?

The Main Reason The Teacher Said Stop Looking At Your Neighbor’s Paper The fastest way to ruin your life is to follow someone else’s plan. The fastest way to get your first trip to the principal’s office is to peek at your neighbor’s paper, on the desk next to you, hoping to […]
December 20, 2024

Productivity for the Gifted Professional

An Entirely Fresh Approach for a Neurodiverse Brain When I first wrote about productivity, I did not know I was gifted. That was five years ago and many transformative, mind-blowing changes drive me back to this topic for a 2025 version and an entirely fresh approach to productivity My 2019 article still […]
July 23, 2024

Finding Joy in Togetherness: The Science of Collective Effervescence

How Synchronized Energy and Community Impact Our Health Do you believe collective effervescence is essential to your health? It is the high you experience with synchronized energy in rituals and traditions, such as the exhilaration at a sports event when everyone gasps and yells at scoring a goal. This happens at weddings […]
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 […]
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 […]
May 10, 2022

What Shows Others You’re a Gifted Professional Without You Having to Say It?

Raise your hand if you can remember a keynote speaker at a professional association convention who blew you away while still making you want to stay for more. Keep your hand up if you stopped your plans for the rest of the day, just to connect with that speaker.   Keep your hand […]
September 25, 2020

Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) Can Cost You $500,000

Conventional Wisdom and Better Questions What would happen if you never went to another professional convention? What happens when we choose to eliminate professional conventions from our career paths and networking habits? Do we become boring, lose relevance, and become self-absorbed? Does our Fear of Missing Out (FOMO) push us into bad […]