A Unique Genius “Ego Indulgement Exercise”
January 28th, 2010
One of the keys to getting clear on your purpose and dream work is to be more selfish than you’ve ever been before – stop holding yourself back by playing small! You can small in all kinds of ways, such as the amount of money you want to make, the freedom you can have, or in the impact you can make in the world.
I don’t mean be selfish in a negative or greedy way that harms from others. I mean be selfish in a way that preserves and sustains you, so that you can live the way you want to…and thus have the energy and ideas to make a bigger difference to others. Are you being unselfish, or are you actually self-sacrificing yourself and your dreams?
By living and working smaller than you deserve, you limit your ability to make a difference in the world and to others. It’s the same reason that airlines tell you to put the oxygen mask on first before you do it for a child.
The following coaching exercise is a favorite of mine, and only takes two or three minutes. Give it a shot, and please leave a comment below about what you think or learned!
The Unique Genius “Ego Indulgement Exercise”
- Get ready to be more selfish than you’ve ever been before…
- If you had more money than you could ever spend…
- And all the friends and love and houses and travel and stuff and family and ___ and ___ you ever wanted…
- There is nothing you want or need that you don’t have…
- Imagine spending a couple of years ‘on the beach’ just relaxing, until you then get bored and know it’s time to create something…
- You don’t need to work but want to do something meaningful…
- What do you do/create?
Ironically, it is the kind of work or business you create at that point in the end, when you don’t “need” anything or to work at all, that will create the possibility of you getting all the other goods (money, freedom, success, etc.) with ease.
Here’s why it works:
1) By first satisfying your ego’s ‘needs and wants’, it lets your ego chill out while you get clear on what you authentically are meant to do. When you feel needy and stressed (“I need more money, time…”), it blocks your creativity, intuition and self-awareness, and thus access to Unique Genius insights.
2) Being more selfish than you’ve ever been means taking care of yourself and inspiring yourself first, so that you can help even more people / make an even bigger difference. It means dream bigger. How many non-profit workers do you know who are making a difference, but are totally drained in doing it? Couldn’t they make a bigger difference if they found ways to truly take care of themselves at the same time?
Want More? Three More Unique Genius Questions…
- What are you already doing for free to help people? (Or what would you do for free?)
- If you could be successful at anything (beyond or in addition to your current career or being a parent), what would it be?
- What’d you want to be when you were 8, and why?
With question #3, the “why” is the interesting part…what is behind it? My personal example: I wanted to be a pilot – not because I wanted to fly planes, but because of the freedom. So it’s no coincidence that freedom is so important to me today and to PebbleStorm! Another example: a common answer for people who wanted to be doctors is because they wanted to be able to help people.
You don’t have to be a pilot to have freedom within your work, or a doctor to help people in your work.
How can you bring in those childhood desires or passions into what you’re doing today?
P.S.: Coming Soon
A 21-Day Unique Genius Self-Study Program – keep an eye out!
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While people in PebbleStorm are working on all kinds of projects – internet, coaching and more (like George Kao’s “Effective Social Media Marketing with Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn”), Erin and Hong-Anh here have created a couple of great images that I wanted to share first as a complement to their words tonight (Wed, Aug 19) on the “Invitation To Inspiration” call!
Erin Halling: Helping kids Play Into Love with themselves, their lives, and their dreams.
“I found my Unique Genius! Whoo! It was inside me all along. It bubbled out a couple weeks ago while I was going over some of Aaron’s PebbleStorm slides and writing in my journal. I noticed that Aaron’s Unique Genius is made of two parts. The first is part is something he is good at- helping people make money. The second part is something he is passionate about- making money through enjoyment. Put the two parts together, and you have his Unique Genius- helping people make money through enjoyment.
So I asked myself, “What am I good at?” I’m good at playing. I enjoy crafts, finger painting, baking, laughing, running around, tickle fights, pillow fights…basically, playing.
Then I asked, “What am I passionate about?” I’m passionate about kids loving themselves and believing in their dreams. I want them to feel confident and know that their lives are filled with infinite possibilities.
After that I put them together and came up with my Unique Genius-
Helping kids Play Into Love with themselves, their lives, and their dreams.
It seems so simple now. Every time I look at it, read it, or think it I get a little zing in my heart. It’s like I want kids to fall in love with themselves, but that is way to passive and doesn’t sound like fun. No, I want kids to Play Into Love with themselves.…full blog post: on “Play Into Love”
Hong-Anh: “Helping People Manifest Their Heart-of-Hearts Vision”
Hong-An, who’s blog is “Miracles and Magic“, is an incredible gem 
You’ll understand when you listen to her. Part of her unique genius is helping others nurture their own unique genius…and the most recent visualization and explanation she’s come up with is this one…
“Helping People Manifest Their Heart-of-Hearts Vision”
She’s beginning with the intention and visualization here, and future steps will include fleshing it out in words or more images, and also how this will end up helping her make money Actually – the making money part will be easy, since Hong-Anh is and will be a PebbleStorm leader in helping others with their own Unique Geniuses!
How Money Can Mess Up And Help Your Unique Genius
July 28th, 2009
For people working on discovering their Unique Genius, this quote is so perfect:
“Make peace with outrageous abundance. You are more likely to have a pure vibration and attract more abundance if you leave money out of the equation. But it isn’t because money is the “root of all evil.” It’s because it messes up your vibration, usually.”
– Abraham-Hicks
The quote is perfect because worrying about money too early in the process of finding your Unique Genius will distort it, and stunt it. Worrying about money (and status, and career) is why you don’t know what it is in the first place!
I wrote a blog post last year about while I knew PebbleStorm would make money sometime, I had no idea how it would happen: How will PebbleStorm [or insert your business here] make money?
This is the main reason why I tell people to keep their day job or some source of income while they work on their passion project part-time (as I have with PebbleStorm) – so they can be patient with how it manifests without needing to make money too soon. Having said that – at some point you have to start making money from it, to actually make the idea and company healthy and grow it – money is like oxygen to a business.
It’s like a child growing up – you don’t want them to HAVE to work for money when they’re too young, although summer jobs can be good experience. They can play with money and jobs, without ‘needing’ them. And at some point, say in their teen years, holding more serious jobs part-time or in the summers can also tune their business sense. You don’t want a 30 year old who’s never made money for themselves – that isn’t healthy either! The trick is helping them learn how to be comfortable making money without letting “make money” become their main goal, something that distracts them from finding meaning in their life.
Although there are parts of PebbleStorm that I’ll still do free while I experiment, overall I am now shifting it to a money-making mode (over the next six months), because that is what will stimulate it’s ability to impact people (both more people and in more ways).
So:
FIRST get clear on what you want to do with your life,
THEN find ways to make money from it.
You literally can make money from anything now because of the internet…once you get clear on what you want and your Unique Genius.
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Four Core PebbleStorm Programs Have Emerged
July 19th, 2009
If you haven’t seen the updated PebbleStorm homepage links at the top of the blog – take a look. It’s been really interesting leaving myself open to letting things evolve on their own, and then watching ideas and programs snap into place on their own!
The Programs & Roadmap
A) Feed Your Freedom “FYF”
I’ve found it’s almost impossible for people to access their Unique Genius if they are stressed because of either a lack of time/mental space or money. This program is designeded for professionals who want a mix of regular income ($5k-$10k/mo) and freedom (work just 1-3 days/week):
www.PebbleStorm.com/feed-your-freedom
B) Unique Genius
For anyone wondering what they want to do next, or what their life purpose is:
www.PebbleStorm.com/uniquegenius
C) CEOFlow Freedom: “Turn your employees into mini-CEOs”
This is for business owners/CEOs with employees, who are feeling overwhelmed and that her business has trapped you…more details on CEOFlow Freedom.
CEOFlow Sales: “Create predictable revenue (CPR)”
“CPR” here underlies all the other programs, because it’s hard to enjoy making money if 1) you aren’t making it, or 2) it isn’t predictable. This program for now is focused on sales coaching/consulting for companies who want to ramp up sales or make sales more predictable. The concepts will be a part of Feed Your Freedom as well, but in that case it’s about creating predictable income
www.PebbleStorm.com/cpr
CEOFlow Adventure
(Coming)…once you have money and freedom, why not some adventure and more fun? This gets your juices flowing and will stimulate ideas and your culture to keep your sales and inspiration going!
Unique Genius – Helping Yourself Through Others
Not coincidentally, all of this is the same path I’ve personally been on and will be on (did you know your Unique Genius is about solving your own problems, past/present/future, for others?). Yes, that’s my own roadmap above – I’m right at the beginning of the green area!
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How You Can Get Into The Heads Of Other PebbleStormers
June 23rd, 2009
The picture is from a casual get together of some PebbleStormers in Northern California, at Cafe Gratitude in Potrero Hill (yum!!). From the left, we have online marketing and relationships guru Paul “Irish” Hegarty, social media expert George “TwitterBiz” Kao, Erin “Big Cheese” Halling, Hong-Anh “Love Bug” Ha, and Katrina “Needs a Nickname” Wong (suggestions anyone?)
As much as everyone connects online these days, I find that in-person meetings become more and more important. Small, local groups that can get together and support each other are a key part of my vision for the PebbleStorm community.
Inside the Heads Of Other PebbleStormers
Several PebbleStormers started their first blogs over the past couple of months, and you can clearly see their writing style evolving and maturing. I, and everyone who reads them, appreciate their openness and willingness to share. It’s inspiring! One thing that you realize once you begin sharing both aspirations and fears…everyone around you shares similar feelings. It’s not only you feeling inspired/scared/apathetic/motivated/tired/wired/fearful/confident/doubtful…
What differentitates successful people from the ones with unfulfilled dreams is a commitment to keep making progress, to keep taking babysteps, even in the face of fears large or small.
I will be to posting more and more excerpts from others’ blogs here on PebbleStorm among my own posts. My vision for PebbleStorm is that I am just one member of a much bigger community based on trust; one strong voice among many other strong voices, because if I dominate the conversation it doesn’t leave much space for others! I’m just getting the ball rolling
Some of the blogs I will share from are mostly about PebbleStorm-y topics, some have a wide mix of topics of which PebbleStorm is a small part. Either way, the people behind the blogs are just fascinating, wonderful people, so you can’t go wrong.
Onna “#1″ Young
I met Onna about a year ago (May 08?), and Onna was the first PebbleStormer. She ‘got it’ from the very beginning, and I have been grateful ever since for her support and partnership. My prediction for Onna is that 2009 and 2010 are ‘building years’, and 2011 will be her breakout year (at the latest). Patience! Onna has several great ideas she’s developing as her Unique Genius unfolds, and one I particularly think will help transform her will be the enjoyment of interviewing 100 of the most inspiring women CEOs (how cool!) This is also very aligned with my intention of focusing on helping women entrepreneurs and CEOs.
Blog: “Leaps And Bounds“
Excerpt from her post “Unique Genius – A Shift In Perspective“:
How do you help yourself find yourself. Mat Boggs said, “It’s like looking for water from the bottom of the ocean.” Yes, agreed, it’s hard to see yourself when you’re looking for yourself.
Aaron and I meet on Mondays for an hour or so go over PebbleStorm or PredictableRevenue.com. This time he said we’d find my Unique Genius. And with some excitement and nervousness, I realize as I’m walking toward the hot food aisle, in the Whole Foods where we meet sometimes, that my future is about to change just a little more. There’s some trepidation though. “A mind once expanded never regain its original dimension.” A favorite quote of mine and it’s so true. You cannot be untainted by new ideas and perspectives. You just cannot! There’s no going back. My direction and path are about to shift another degree and I know this is a poignant moment…continue on “Unique Genius – A Shift In Perspective”
Erin “Big Cheese” Halling
Erin found me through Yanik Silver when he helped launch PebbleStorm (“Thanks For Making The world More Of A Place I Want To Live“). To me, it’s clear that her dayjob has no relation to her total power and potential. It’s an intention, not an accident, that her email and nickname is “Big Cheese”! I’m also particularly excited about the “Appreciation and Acknowledgment Call” that Erin and Hong-Anh are planning to begin with the PebbleStorm community. Who couldn’t use doses of either one?
Blog: “Happy Surprises“
Excerpt from her post “Unique Genius“:
A few weeks ago, Aaron from PebbleStorm passed along the biggest compliment from a stranger, to me. It was awesome, and I have a feeling its going to be hugely instrumental in helping me change my life…
You know how sometimes you wonder if what you have to offer will be valuable to anyone else. What in the world could I possibly create that someone would want? Here I am trying to come up with an idea for my dream business, and I have a few vague ideas, but I haven’t really run with anything yet. Like somewhere inside me I don’t think I have what it takes. I look around at all the other PebbleStormers and I see how good their ideas are- part of me is really inspired. But part of me is intimidated. What if what I have to offer isn’t good enough?
I don’t think I’ve consciously had that thought, or maybe I have. Maybe it’s been hovering in my mind, slowing me down, permeating my thoughts about myself for a looooong while. In fact, it’s got a very familiar ‘ol’buddy’ feeling with it- like I’ve been living under it’s shadow since I was a kid.
And then Aaron sent me an email that changed everything…continue on “Unique Genius”
More Blogs
Here are a few other PebbleStormers with blogs that I’ll be excerpting from… feel free to explore if you can’t wait
Gratitude
Thank you Onna, Erin, Katrina, Hong-Anh, Tony and everyone coming for sharing here and helping inspire myself and the people around you!
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What is your “Unique Genius”?
December 23rd, 2008
One of PebbleStorm’s core ideas is “Unique Genius”. I believe that everyone, and each company, has one, whether or not they know what it is or can harness it (yet).
Your life purpose is to help others by sharing your inner self – but what does that mean? How does that take shape in the world? Here’s another way to think about it…
Your Unique Genius inspires you. It is a mashup of your talents and enjoyments, done in a way that adds meaning to your life by making a difference for others. For example, all the things I’m great at and enjoy doing (coaching, writing, sales, etc.) combine into “helping people make money through enjoyment”, which inspires me!
What are your favorite ways to put your strengths to work in ways that help people with their problems or make a difference? Once you have at least some direction on this, you can begin to build a business around it. Yes, it will take time, likely longer than you want, but how will you get there if you don’t start in the first place?
By the way, I find the most common roadblock to people tapping into this incredibly powerful source of inspiration is the phrase “but I could never make money at that…”. Don’t worry about the making money part quite yet.
Why it’s so important
Your Unique Genius inspires you, intrigues others, and gives your Dream Business (or Dream Work) resonance and direction. If your Dream Business was a car, your Unique Genius would be the limitless fuel that powers it. So unlocking your Unique Genius is a key part of manifesting your Dream Business.
The resonance of your message should attract other people to you, either as customers or champions. Keeping it simple is important, because you’ll use it to introduce your work to people. When you share your Unique Genius with someone who’s relevant to what you’re doing, they should be intrigued by it, even if they don’t understand what it is yet. You don’t need to explain what you do first – just get them interested enough to want to know more.
Finally, a clear Unique Genius is something that keeps you on track, like a compass, even when things are hectic or you’re feeling lost. I know that if I’m stressed with work, I can’t be making money through enjoyment, so something is wrong and I’m not following my own advice!
Unique Genius and life purpose
A Unique Genius is similar or the same as a life purpose, but I specifically like “Unique Genius” because it emphasizes that 1) everyone is unique in their own way, and brings their own “voice” to life and work, and 2) people do have a form of genius, even the ones that don’t recognize it yet.
The more clear you can get on your Unique Genius the easier your path will be to creating your Dream Business. Things will flow more easier – ideas, projects, customers, audiences, income…
I really like this article on finding your life purpose: “How The Matrix Can Help You Discover Your Life Purpose”
Why it pays to be unique
Rather than thinking about how broad your talents and passions are, instead, ask what is a specific purpose in life to which you can apply them, meaningfully? A purpose brings focus and meaning to your enjoyments and talents. It’s not an easy question, but when you start asking this question, answers will come.
When describing your business and genius, try it in terms of “the result you create for others” rather than “what you do.” People care more about what you can do for them than what you do. Here’s a personal example: “I do sales consulting” versus “I help sales organizations create predictable revenue” (www.CEOFlow.com/services).
How you know when you’re in the zone
There is no “right” answer to what a unique genius is or how it’s described. However, here are some guidelines:
- It authentically inspires you
- It offers direction as a guiding principle or compass
- It intrigues others
- It is simple
These are also roughly in order. For example, first figure out what inspires you before trying to simplify it or to inspire others.
Note that “it is clever” is not on the list – it doesn’t have to be tricky or clever. Start simple and meaningful, such as “help people express themselves through sculpture”, “motivate children to learn” or “bring happiness to seniors with pets”. Expect it to evolve over time.
Real examples
- Aaron Ross: “Make money through enjoyment”
- Salesforce.com, “No software”
- Yanik Silver, www.MaverickBusinessAdventures.com and his blog: “Make more $, have more fun, give more back”
- Steve Pavlina, www.StevePavlina.com: “Personal development for smart people”
- Tony Wong, www.DigitalOnionInc.com: “Create the possibility of a world that works”
- Max Simon, www.GetSelfCentered.com: “Instill some stillness in the world”
- Amy Applebaum, www.BootcampForYourMind.com “Help people create lives they can’t wait to wake up to”
- Kacy Paide, www.TheInspiredOffice.com “Creating the Centerpiece of Your Success”
Sample questions to help you crystallize it
I’d suggest taking a blank page, picking a single question, and starting to brainstorming without trying to think about it too much. There’s also a link at the bottom of the post to a worksheet with more questions. Because your Dream Business is the manifestation of your Unique Genius (which in turn inspires and powers your Dream Business), the same questions are useful to reflect on them both.
- If you could do anything for work, what would it be? (Including the “I could never make money at that…” things)
- Assume you have plenty of money and don’t have to work, but wanted to do something meaningful with your life…what would that be?
- What are your favorite things to do?
- How would you like to mash them up?
- If you could help any kind of person, who would you help?
- What did you want to do when you were 8 years old, and why?
- What is your superpower(s)?
- What do people come to you for real advice on?
- What are your hobbies?
- If you could make a difference in the life of someone you don’t know by writing a note or book, how would they be different after reading it?
Here’s a sampling of “my enjoyments” that I listed out, as a way to kick the process off. Of course I didn’t do the sketch until much later
Don’t worry about other people
The future of work is about collaboration rather than competition. Even if two people seem to have similar Unique Geniuses now, over time they both will evolve in different directions, and are more likely to end up helping each other than competing.
Also, your Unique Genius isn’t just what you do for people – it’s also how you do it. Let’s say two people both describe what they do as “motivate children to learn”. One might do it through videos with puppets, another through creating fun learning games. There are infinite ways to be unique in what and how you do!
More: Unique Genius worksheet
The PebbleStorm “Sun” visualization
November 10th, 2008
Sketched yesterday while hanging out at the Manhattan Beach Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf…
Click to expand…
Your Unique Genius powers your dream business, creating the outcomes you desire. I just put some examples in
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Free PebbleStorm Conference Call: “What is your Unique Genius?”
October 26th, 2008
What is that special, unique combination (your twist) of talents that you enjoy practicing, are great at, and are framed in a way that is meaningful to others? What is your Unique Genius?
Come join us this Wednesday, October 29th at 6p-7p PST if:
- You’re simply curious as to what this whole crazy PebbleStorm thing is about 
- You’re searching for inspiration or meaning in work.
- You’ve worked through the Unique Genius handout, and have questions about it or would like to discuss it.
- You’ve participated in a past PebbleStorm event, and have follow up questions.
1. Introduction (15 minutes)
* What is a Unique Genius, and why is it important? How do you uncover yours? What do you do with it? How can you build your dream business around it? Also see below for a link to download a worksheet.
2. Discussion, Q&A (45 minutes)
* Interactive discussion between myself and attendees about the prior topics.
* If you have questions you’d like me to answer on the call, you can email me any ahead of time at aaron (at) pebblestorm (dot) com.
* Otherwise, feel free to just join as a listener.
Updated Unique Genius Worksheet
I updated it as of 10/21/08. Email me for a copy at aaron at pebblestorm dot com. You don’t need to get this prior to the call, but I’d recommend it and at least looking through it.
Conference Call Details
Date: Wednesday, October 29th
Time: 6pm PST
Dial-in: (605) 475-6006
Access Code: 366946#
If you’re new to PebbleStorm, here are two links you can explore ahead of time:
About PebbleStorm
A Pebblestorm Overview – From HUB
A regular schedule of conference calls
Two weeks ago, we had a conference call on “Discovering your dream business,” with about 10 active participants and a half dozen listeners. One of the requests that came from it was for me to create a space to continue the conversations we started, say every couple of weeks.
After the call on this coming Wednesday (29th), I will put together an ongoing schedule of future conference calls (and create a dedicated page here on PebbleStorm for the schedule of events). For now, they’re free, and all that I ask in return is that if you attend, please tell 10-20 friends about PebbleStorm. At some point, perhaps December, perhaps after the New Year, I’ll revisit/redesign what’s free vs. fee-based. I’m always looking for requests of what YOU would want, so don’t be shy in sharing ideas or asking for formats/help at aaron [at] pebblestorm [dot] com.
The current turmoil is a symptom of a larger business shift from “pestering” to “attraction”
October 10th, 2008
Below is an email I recently sent to a group of inspired entrepreneurs in Washington D.C., organized by Klia Bassing of www.VisitYourself.net. I feel this note could help others see a new perspective on what’s going on with these financial and economic earthquakes. As painful as they are now, they’re helping us in an important transition in business, from a “pushing/pestering” energy to a “attracting” energy. For most PebbleStorm readers, even if you don’t understand exactly what I mean by this, I’ll bet that idea or those words resonate for you. This isn’t an overnight change, and it will take more years to fully realize. Meanwhile, the harder people and organizations hold onto the ‘prior’ way of doing business, the more painful it will be for them and their communities…
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Hi Seedbed’rs!
I hope everyone is weathering both the literal storms and financial market storms. The financial market problems are one symptom of a massive change in how business works, from one of promotion (driven by a hunger for money and prestige), to one of attraction and receiving (driven by a desire for enjoyment and inspiration). This will be, it is, a very painful shift for many people and entire organizations.
I’m sharing here a v1.0 handout I created for the PebbleStorm Open House event I had recently in Los Angeles. The intention of the handout, and the idea of “unique genius”, is to help you or anyone reflect on what kind of dream business you would create for yourselves. Once you have a vision of it…you can begin to make it! Even if it might take years…better to start now than later
Download the Unique Genius Handout – 090308
Here is one other exercise around pausing to reflect on “what do I really want for myself?”
http://pebblestorm.com/2008/04/17/the-original-small-pebble-big-wave-self-manifesto/
All the best,
Aaron Ross
aaron (at) pebblestorm (dot) com
PebbleStorm.com: “Make money through enjoyment”
CEOFlow.com: “Make money through enjoyment” (for organizations)
BuildASalesMachine.com: “Create predictable revenue”
Wow! Last night’s PebbleStorm Open House
September 5th, 2008
Amazing Energy
The PebbleStorm LA Open House was last night, and it was phenomenal! (I’m biased, but it’s still true.) We had about 25-30 people and there was just a GREAT energy in the air. I felt a lotta lotta interaction and inspiration.
I knew about 2/3 of the attendees personally, and the rest either came as guests or found PebbleStorm through the group on Meetup.com. I felt that everyone really was very open, friendly and interested in each other.
LA’s My Playground
The second ’stage’ of PebbleStorm is “Play”, and Los Angeles is my playground for PebbleStorm itself – events and all. There’s an enormous creative, entrepreneurial energy here looking for more ways to be channeled and directed. That (ok plus the fun and weather) is why I moved here! As I experiment and tune PebbleStorm tools, event formats and such, I’ll then take them to a few other main areas as well (SF Bay Area – you’re next).
Fear Gremlins
I’m not someone that holds much fear of doing or trying new things (as my friends and family know). But even I, when doing a new event format, even with a small group of people, always have those little ego/fear gremlins: Am I missing anything? Will people show up? Will the format work? Will they enjoy it, get value from it?
Then, once the event starts, whether in person or a conference call, I get into the flow and love it, and it always works out exactly as it should. I know this from experience, and yet the gremlins are there each time I do a new one
PebbleStorm Circles
Ah, fear. Everyone experiences fear and loneliness as they start and run a business, especially if you’re a single entrepreneur or CEO without a true peer or partner in the business. One of, or the, best antidotes for this common fear and loneliness is connecting with other people going through similar journeys, people who can also help each others’ businesses. Community increases the enjoyment and makes it easier to be successful, since you have a group of people helping you out!
A fundamental part of PebbleStorm includes connecting people in supportive communities, both offline and online. I’m still working on fleshing out the idea of a ‘do it yourself kit’ for motivated people who want to start their own “PebbleStorm Circle”, a small local group of like-minded people that would meet say, at least once a month. (Interested in finding out more? Send me an email.)
Unique Genius
A topic we spent some time on last night was “Unique Genius”…a unique mashup of your talents, interests and enjoyments combined in a way that adds meaning to your life - usually by helping others in some way. For example, I say “helping people make money through enjoyment” is my unique genius, and PebbleStorm is the manifestation. I’m getting closer to putting up a real blog post about it (the raw material is on the wiki: unique genius).
Another Open House Post Coming
I’ll put up another followup blog post with some more content, pictures, etc. in a few days once I digest everything and ask the group for some stories or impressions I can share here.
Digital Versions of Handouts / Contact Info
If anyone at the event missed my contact information, or would like digital versions of the handouts, you can reach me at: aaron [at] pebblestorm [dot] com