In his book, Genius at Work, author Dick Richard's premise is that we all have genius, no matter how much we might fight the notion, no matter how much we don't recognize our own genius. (What is genius?)
Recognizing -- that is identifying and putting a name on -- our unique genius is a difficult task, he asserts.
I absolutely LOVE "The Apprentice," and hope you saw last night's show.
In it, Tana had a brainstorm on how to charge more for the t-shirts they had to sell without putting in too much effort: glue snazzy rhinestones on to them. Reason? She had done the same thing earlier in her career and made thousands of dollars.
However, Tana got SO turned on to her happiness from a past success -- rather than focus on the present situation -- that she wasted too much time and effort to locate just the right rhinestones and just the right gizmo to help glue them on. In doing so, she failed to focus on the remaining details of the project, such as marketing. In the end, they had a great product, but no excited buyers.
This is a good example of when a serious/somber mood helps us focus on detail, while a happy mood helps us see outside the box by being better brainstormers and innovators. You see, happy helped Tana brainstorm, but serious would have helped her focus on the details. Tana should have managed her way in and out of both.
Poor Tana, high on happy, couldn't see the trees in the forest.
I call this a classic case of "Nose to the Rhinestone."
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