This document introduces the concept of personal brilliance and identifies four catalysts that contribute to it: awareness, curiosity, focus, and initiative. These catalysts are innate but can become diminished over time due to socialization. Personal brilliance involves polishing these catalysts and using self-awareness, exploring one's environment, giving full attention to problems or tasks, and taking initiative to find and implement solutions. The document encourages the reader to assess their own level of personal brilliance by taking an online quiz.

1. PERSONAL BRILLIANCE AN INTRODUCTION

2. “ When you’re faced with a situation in which you have to come up with, and implement, great ideas and you can…that’s Personal Brilliance.” - Jim Canterucci

3. There are four catalysts to Personal Brilliance…

4. Awareness

5. Curiosity

6. Focus

7. Initiative

8. We’re born with these catalysts but the “stand in line, don’t chew gum, raise your hand” kind of rules we grow up with tarnish these skills. Personal Brilliance is about polishing the tarnish off these catalysts.

9. Are you more, or less innovative than you were when you were ten years old?

10. Awareness Awareness involves self-awareness first (the hardest part), being conscious of your environment, and being cognizant of the problem at hand.

11. Curiosity Curiosity is actively exploring the environment, asking questions, and investigating possibilities.

12. Focus Focus is giving 360 degree attention to what you are doing now, allowing access to any possible innovation.

13. Initiative is necessary to both allow innovation to work and to ultimately implement the solution. Initiative

14. Find out how brilliant you already are. Take the online Personal Brilliance Quotient (PBQ) (no cost and a gift) Visit http:// www.MyPersonalBrilliance.com