Unlocking the Hidden Genius You Didn’t Know You Had with Betsy Wills and Alexandra Ellison • 385

Mind Love • Modern Mindfulness to Think, Feel, and Live Well

Melissa Monte | Mindset Mentor

Mental Health, Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 897 Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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In this episode, you'll learn: · Why traditional personality tests might be missing the most important part of who you are · How to identify your natural abilities (and why they're different from skills or interests) · The surprising connection between what you think are your biggest challenges and your unique genius Have you ever wondered if there's an entirely different version of yourself that you never got to meet? Not in some parallel universe, but right here - a version of you with talents and abilities that got buried under years of well-meaning advice, standardized testing, and society's expectations? I've spent the last decade obsessing over personal growth, taking every personality test imaginable, trying to understand why certain things felt effortless while others felt like pushing a boulder uphill. After interviewing hundreds of guests about finding their path, I thought I had a pretty good handle on who I was. But this interview turned everything I thought I knew about myself upside down. Today our guests are Betsy Wills and Alexandra Ellison, co-authors of "Your Hidden Genius" and pioneers in revolutionizing how we understand human potential. They've helped millions of students and professionals unlock their innate talents through an innovative approach to aptitude testing that breaks free from traditional gender and cultural biases. Also, if you’re already intrigued about figuring out more about yourself and what you’re here to do, that’s exactly what we’re doing in the Mind Love Collective this month. I’m also putting up the follow up call exclusively in the collective. Go to mindlove.com/join to access the community, the year of growth, and this podcast bonus. Links from the episode: Show Notes: mindlove.com/385 Join the Mind Love Collective Sign up for The Morning Mind Love for short daily notes to wake up inspired Support Mind Love Sponsors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Have you ever wondered if there's an entirely different version of yourself that you never got to meet?
0:07.0	And not in some parallel universe, but right here.
0:13.0	A version of you with talents and abilities that may have gotten buried under years of well-meaning advice and standardized testing and society's expectations.
0:25.5	I've spent the last decade obsessing over personal growth, taking every personality test imaginable,
0:33.4	trying to understand why some things felt effortless while others felt like I was pushing a boulder uphill.
0:40.0	And after interviewing hundreds of guests about finding their path,
0:44.3	I thought I had a pretty good handle on who I was.
0:47.3	But this interview turned everything I thought I knew about myself upside down.
0:53.3	When I sat down with today's guests, I hadn't taken their aptitude test yet.
0:58.4	I was familiar with the concept, those career tests that we all took in high school that told
1:04.6	half the girls to become nurses and half the boys to become engineers.
1:09.1	But this was different.
1:12.3	After our conversation, I was so intrigued
1:15.4	that I took their assessment and then I had a follow-up call
1:17.9	to go through my results.
1:19.2	And I found out something that hit me pretty hard.
1:22.2	I had been living with a set of natural abilities
1:25.2	that I'd either completely overlooked or worse seen as problems that
1:30.3	needed fixing. And we'll get to that. But this isn't just about finding the right career, though
1:37.1	that is really important when you consider that 85% of people worldwide feel unfulfilled in their
1:43.5	jobs with many of those people spending more
1:47.2	time planning their next vacation than planning their life's work. And so this is more about
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