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Trying Something New Today

I was pondering whether to repurpose old articles from my last site, OutsidersJourney. I still like what those hundreds of articles say. But they’re more from my point of view about me.

Could be helpful to you. Maybe.

But these days I like to be sure my work is more directly aimed at you, the readers and listeners.

I do my best to deliver answers to questions and provide tools and other actionable bits of advice to help you go big on your dreams, while managing whatever is left of bipolar in your mind.

The old site was like a journal. I laid out my life and perspectives so you could see if we matched. But it was all about what my world looked like. Not so much yours.

However, this one page leapt out at me as I sifted through the old site.

It’s about something one man refers to as a “DaVinci Personality.” And he wrote a book back in 2005 explaining what that is, why you might be one, and why, even amidst all the chaos of being like we bipolar-prone people are, there is good hiding within the bad. (Sound familiar?)

This wasn’t aimed at bipolar people, I might add. But many of us fit the bill. I know I did and still do.

I believe I even spoke on the phone with this man, Garret Loporto, way back when. But no details remain in my memory, other than that it was a positive conversation.

And I have no idea what Garret might be up to these days. But his description of people like us still rings true to me. So I’d like to share that original work.

Oh! Almost forgot. The new thing is that I’ll be reading the article inside this episode of the podcast. Let me know one day if you like this way of sharing my older work.

Here’s The Original Article

I found out that I am a DaVinci personality.

If you’re reading my blog and returning, maybe you are too.

So, what is that?

I was introduced to the term in “The Davinci Method” by Garret Loporto. To date, it is the only book I’ve ever read in one sitting.

I was so excited because it was the first time I’d ever been shown the template to my type of personality! It was as if Garrett had interviewed me to write it!

A Davinci searches, seeks and strives

We are the artists, the innovators, the big thinkers, the dreamers, the sometimes insane or unbalanced, the champions, the warriors, the charismatic criminals, the addicts, the painfully misunderstood, the geniuses.

We think in wholes, not parts

Davincis see events on many levels, simultaneously and easily give voice to complicated topics. We don’t kneel before anyone, can’t keep our thoughts to ourselves and we won’t shut up. The status quo nauseates us. Authority makes our skin crawl.

We create beauty and remarkable items of interest that cause everyone else to think or wake up

We’re the canaries in the mine

DaVincis are the people that can spot the shifts in our cultures before everyone else.

We are the agents of change, the trendsetters.

A Davinci feels more

We emote more, are more descriptive and make deeper connections with others, faster.

We solve the problems no one else can

This is purely due to the fact that we completely do not see the world the same way as the masses around us do. And we see connections across multiple levels of thought and feedback.

We see deep, wide, and high…and we see how it all connects, assists, and influences one another. Life is a 3D map to our minds, defined by an envisioning ability most lack.

We see what’s not there…yet and have the faith to know that it will be and that we have what it takes to bring it to reality.

We’re the Sauce, the Zing, the Flavor

Davincis make life friggin’ interesting for everyone else in our lives. This is sometimes fantastic for us and sometimes a disaster. The things that make us the most interesting, the drivers deep within us, can also cause us pain.

“Normal” is painful to us

We have a higher threshold for excitement, fear, chaos, and danger.

When everyone around us begins to freak out as a new disaster hits, we come alive. We are the calm ones directing the screaming hordes. We are the fireman, the cop, the warrior, the boss everyone else turns to for help when everyone’s job is on the line as a group.

Understanding all of this kickstarted my awareness that I should demand more from myself, in order to have what I really deserved.

I had to somehow help others get what they needed on a scale I’d never attempted, because that same scale was how big my goals had become.

The way I’ve chosen to do that is through BipolarExcellence.com. Welcome. Let’s poke around in the fog together a bit, shall we?