Living in Your Genius Zone
Most people are living far below their true potential - not because they lack talent, but because they’ve never been shown where their deepest power actually lives.
In The Big Leap, Gay Hendricks describes four zones of human functioning. These zones explain why we often feel busy, capable, even successful… yet still unfulfilled.
Your task in life is not to become “better.” It is to move into the zone where you are most alive.
That zone is your Genius Zone.
Let’s explore what that really means.
The Four Zones of Living
1. The Zone of Incompetence
This is where you struggle. Tasks feel heavy, draining, and unnatural. You may try hard, but the results are limited. Most of us move out of this zone early in life.
2. The Zone of Competence
Here, you are capable. You can perform adequately, but others can do it just as well as you. It doesn’t light you up. It simply “works.”
3. The Zone of Excellence
This is where many high performers live. You are skilled, respected, and often rewarded. You do things well. People rely on you here.
But even though you succeed, something inside still feels… restricted. You may ask:
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“Why do I feel tired, even when I’m good at this?”
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“Why doesn’t this fully satisfy me?”
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“Is this really why I’m here?”
4. The Zone of Genius
This is where your natural gifts, creativity, and soul meet. Your work feels meaningful. Time disappears. Energy expands instead of depleting. You don’t just do well - you become fully yourself.
This is where your deepest contribution lives.
Zone of Excellence vs. Zone of Genius
This is the most important distinction.
Zone of Excellence:
You are good at what you do. It is often built through effort, discipline, and external expectations.
Zone of Genius:
You are aligned with what you do. It flows from who you are.
Here is their common ground:
Both are created through consciousness.
But their direction is different.
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Excellence comes from mastering skills.
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Genius comes from embodying your truth.
Excellence asks: “How can I perform better?”
Genius asks: “Who am I here to be?”
Most people stay in Excellence because it feels safe, familiar, and socially rewarded.
How This Connects to the Human Change Model™
In Phase Two: Change, you begin waking up. You release old patterns, question your identity, and explore new ways of being. This is often where people leave survival mode and step into their Zone of Excellence. They become more conscious, more capable, more self-aware.
This is also where many start working with tools like:
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Human Design
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Astrology
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Breathwork
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Therapy
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Energy work
Here, you are refining who you are. You are discovering your strengths, your patterns, your gifts. Human Design, in particular, is one of the most powerful tools I know for identifying the direction of your Genius.
But Phase Two is still about exploration.
In Phase Three: Consciousness, something deeper happens.
You no longer live from improvement alone.
You live from alignment.
Here, Passion, Position, and People come into harmony with your inner Purpose.
This is the moment you stop trying to become someone, and begin fully being who you are.
This is your Genius Zone.
My Genius Zone
For me, my Genius Zone is not a job description. Instead, it is an energy.
I read people.
I inspire humans to change at a soul level.
I lead toward evolution, consciousness, and the new spiritual era.
I don’t just teach tools - I translate awareness into lived experience (gate 62 in my Human Design).
I don’t just guide change - I inspire people (channel 50-27 & gate 8 in my Human Design)
This is where I feel most alive. And this is where House of Being was born.
A Reflection: Discovering Your Genius Zone
Take a moment. Breathe. And allow yourself to answer honestly.
Step 1: Recognize Your Current Zone
Ask yourself:
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Where do I feel drained or restricted in my life or work?
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Where do I feel capable and respected, but not fully alive?
Notice what feels like effort… and what feels like truth.
Step 2: Identify Your Natural Gifts
Reflect on these questions:
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What do people consistently come to me for?
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What feels easy for me, but seems difficult for others?
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What activities give me energy rather than take it?
Your Genius is not what you force. It is what flows.
Step 3: Use Human Design as Your Compass
Your Human Design reveals how your energy is designed to move through the world.
If you haven't already done so -> Get your Human Design Chart here
Ask yourself:
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What are my uniqueness?
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Where am I still living according to conditioning or expectation?
Human Design does not tell you who to become, but who you already are beneath the layers.
Step 4: Align Passion, Position, and People
Your Genius Zone emerges when these three elements meet:
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Passion: What you love, what excites your soul
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Position: How you express this in the world (your work, role, or offering)
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People: Who you are here to serve, guide, or walk with
When these align with your inner Purpose, you are no longer striving. You are living from consciousness.
Final Words from Me
If you are still in Conditioning, be gentle with yourself.
If you are in Change, trust the unraveling.
If you are stepping into Consciousness, dare to live what you already know inside - from your Genius Zone.
When you choose to live from your Genius Zone, change will happen around you. But you stay true to yourself - and this is what I call "spirituality".
With love & Light
Birgitte ✨
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