So the genius is that actually it comes from Roman times when they talked about a genius that

was sort of the spirit that traveled from home to home to home and it was a protector.

And sometimes our genius energy, maybe it's around you're great at, like you're kind of like

a people reader and you can kind of know how to give people what they want.

Right. So maybe you're a great salesperson. You know, you work at people reader and you can kind of know how to give people what they want. Right.

So maybe you're a great salesperson.

You know, you work at the gap and you can just like spot them and find their pair of jeans, right?

You can like sell.

And but that also could lead to this sort of shadow side of like you don't always turn that towards yourself and ask yourself, what do I, what do I need?

Or maybe you're so busy people pleasing, you give more of yourself than what's helpful.

Or other, or people start to feel that you're inauthentic because you're just trying to please them, right?

So you can see how the genus energy can kind of get a little, your genus can become your problem in some ways.

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