Unlock Your Untapped Brilliance

Want to be more energized, innovative and successful?

In his new book "Surrounded by Geniuses," bestselling author Dr. Alan Gregerman shows how rediscovering your innate sense of curiosity can be your secret weapon in coming up with new ideas needed to solve pressing problems and create real business opportunities.

But... you have to get off your butt and out of your comfort zones to make it happen!

Here are his six simple actions to unlock your untapped brilliance today.

1. Expand your reading horizons. Start reading at least three new magazines that interest you and have absolutely nothing to do with work. Then broaden the array of books, websites and other sources of information that you explore.

2. Hit the road in search of new ideas. Take mini-excursions into the world around you to unlock fresh ideas and new ways of doing things. Visit museums, interesting neighborhoods, trendy shopping districts, world-class organizations and even performances that spark new ways of thinking.

3. Ask thought-provoking questions whenever you get the chance. Raise more “big” questions in every meeting you attend. Challenge yourself and your colleagues to question everything that matters to see if there’s a better way.

4. Become your customer’s best student. Hang out with customers and learn as much as you can about their world and the real challenges and opportunities they face. Then invite them to take shared journeys of discovery.

5. Make friends with unusual people. Talk to strangers from different fields whose work and ideas fascinate you to understand how others use their talent, passion and curiosity to unlock compelling value for “customers” they choose to serve.

6. Cast an even wider net in search of insight. Then look to nature, history, geography, the arts and the genius of other people and other cultures as an untapped source of great inspiration. Dare yourself to discover what others know so clearly and how it might apply to your world and the world of your customers.