{"id":12715,"date":"2016-01-30T08:44:32","date_gmt":"2016-01-29T22:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=12715"},"modified":"2016-01-30T08:44:32","modified_gmt":"2016-01-29T22:44:32","slug":"uncovering-your-genius","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=12715","title":{"rendered":"Uncovering Your Genius"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.&#8221; Michaelangelo<br \/>\nHe also said, &#8220;The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.&#8221;<br \/>\nAnd lastly, &#8220;Genius is eternal patience.&#8221;<br \/>\nSo, let&#8217;s take the idea of a statue and apply it as a metaphor (a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable) to your goal in life.<br \/>\nSo, my question to you today is, &#8220;What&#8217;s YOUR Statue?&#8221;<br \/>\nOn what are you patiently investing your &#8220;genius&#8221; to create?<br \/>\nIs it a goal high enough to inspire and bring out the best in you?<br \/>\nAre you leaping out of bed with enthusiasm each morning to create it?<br \/>\nAre you having to drag yourself away from it to go to bed?<br \/>\nIf that is not how you feel, is unearthing your &#8220;statue&#8221; not one of the most important things you can invest your time?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.&#8221; Michaelangelo He also said, &#8220;The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.&#8221; And lastly, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=12715\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Uncovering Your Genius&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-inspiration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12715\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}