This is an excerpt from Nikki Nash's new audio book, Market Your Genius.

How to generate new leads, get dream customers, and create a loyal community.

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Genius, noun.

Exceptional intellectual or creative power or other natural ability.

Everyone has it.

Gifts, talents, acquired knowledge, life experiences, but a select few take their experiences and expertise and turn them into a profitable business.

Some call them experts, others call them goobers, entrepreneurs, mentors, coaches, advisors, consultants, artists, performers, creatives, influencers, idols, superheroes.

They have many names and many talents.

Some end up in the limelight.

Many remain unknown to the vast majority of the world, but no one can take away their special gifts.

Owning who we are is power.

We've got to dare to stand out.

Janet Mock, a kick butt transgender rights activist who shares empowering stories as a writer, television host, director, and producer.

On May 14, 2013, the New York Times published an op-ed written by Angelina Jolie entitled My Medical Choice.

The piece was about her decision to have preventative surgery.

She inherited the BRCA-1G mutation, thus increasing her risk for breast cancer.

I read that article while seated next to my sister Ashley in the back seat of my dad's car.

My sister and I were both meeting with a geneticist to test for the BRCA-2 mutation.

If we tested positive, we would be at high risk for a variant cancer.

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