There's No Single Way In

Some people find their genius through a conversation that catches them off guard.

Others find it in a doodle — a shape that keeps appearing on the edges of their notes until they finally ask what it means.

Some need to dream it first. To sit in the quiet of an image and let it tell them something they couldn't access through logic.

Some need to write. Some need to move. Some need a map they can hold in their hands and trace with their finger.

There is no correct entry point.

The genius traditions have always known this. Different doors for different minds. What matters is that you find yours — and that someone hasn't told you the one you chose doesn't count.

Doodling counts. Dreaming counts. A walk counts. A question that won't leave you alone counts.

The door that works for you is the right door.

— Michele Jennae, Genius Hunter

This has been Episode 6 of Flash of Genius: Ideas on Fire.

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