A few readers have asked for a summary description of genius as I use the term. So, here is an excerpt from Is Your Genius At Work? that summarizes almost 25 years of studying the concept:

Your genius is your divine spark, the essence of how you can best express yourself, specifically chosen to guide and protect you. It is a gift to you, and your gift to others. It attends you and you alone, and is not duplicated anywhere else on the planet. You are responsible for it and to it. It shows up, seeking expression, in everything you do. You must learn to hear and listen to it, to sense its presence in your inclinations, imagination, and dreams. It is your link to the divine.

It is not your purpose; it serves your purpose. It is not your calling, but a power given to you to fulfill your calling. It is not your soul, but the energy of your soul. It is not out there somewhere in the future, but is present now. It has always been with you, and will always be with you. It will not change, though your understanding of it may grow.

Its reason for being is to serve others merely by being what it is, by nourishing your direction when that direction is worthy, and by alerting you when it is not. You must find others who recognize, cultivate, and treasure it.

Regardless of these lofty and weighty notions, it is your natural power. It comes readily and easily unless you get in its way by ignoring it or dismissing it as insignificant.

— Dick Richards