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Zones of Genius

A guided journey to uncover what energizes you, what drains you, and where your unique brilliance lives.

The Four Zones

Based on Gay Hendricks' framework from The Big Leap, we've adapted it with a focus on how to apply these insights, and use them to make better decisions about your time, your work, and what's next.

The four zones describe every activity in your work and life:

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Genius

Effortless, energizing, distinctly you. Where time disappears.

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Excellence

You're good at it. But it costs something to show up.

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Competence

Fine. Reliable. Draining over time.

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Incompetence

Tasks that don't play to your strengths. Minimize, delegate, or automate.

The goal isn't to live entirely in Genius — it's to see clearly, so you can make intentional choices.

Once you've mapped your zones, you can use that picture in a few ways: to redesign how you spend your time in your current role, to run new opportunities through a filter before you say yes, or to ask an AI tool to help you imagine jobs and projects that combine your Genius activities in ways you haven't considered yet. The map is the starting point.

Choose your pace

However you prefer to reflect — in one sitting or over two weeks.

Deep Dive 🔍

30–60 min

Work through all four zones at your own pace. Save progress with your email and come back anytime.

Daily Reflection 📬

5 min/day

One thoughtful question per day for 14 days. Build your zones map gradually through small moments of reflection.

Designed for real reflection

The daily path sends you one thoughtful question each morning. No theory — just prompts that help you notice patterns.

  • 14 carefully sequenced questions
  • 3 minutes per day, in your inbox
  • AI-generated insights after day 14
  • Review your full response history anytime
DAY 5 — ZONE OF GENIUS
Think about a moment this week where you completely lost track of time. What were you doing? What made it feel effortless?
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Beautiful reflection. I'm noticing a pattern — this connects to what you said on Day 2 about energizing conversations. I'm adding this to your Genius Zone.

Map your Four Zones

Take your time. Think about work and life, past and present. Include what you do and how you do it — they might fall into different zones.

Include both what you're doing (e.g., facilitating a meeting) and how you're doing it (e.g., one-on-one, whiteboard, under time pressure). The same task can land in different zones depending on the how. Include specific examples!
Genius

In Your Zone

What can you not help but do — even when no one's asking, even when there's no payoff? (Think: what you do AND how you do it. Both count.)

Excellence

Good at it, but it costs you

What do people consistently come to you for — that you're good at, but have to gear yourself up for?

Competence

Fine, but uninspiring

What do you keep doing out of habit, momentum, or obligation — even though it stopped feeling meaningful?

Incompetence

Drain and delegate

What do you avoid, procrastinate on, or quietly hope someone else will handle?

AI will analyze your responses and identify patterns, a Genius Zone statement, and next steps.

Daily Reflection

Day 1 of 14
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Past Responses

Your Insights

Here's what emerged from your reflections.

Your Narrative

Your Zones Map

✦ Zone of Genius

    ★ Zone of Excellence

      ● Zone of Competence

        ○ Zone of Incompetence

          What's next?

          Three ways to keep building on your zones insight.

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          Try the Other Mode

          Did the Deep Dive? Try the Daily path for a different lens. Did Daily? Go deeper in one sitting.

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          Share With a Coach

          Download your summary and bring it to a coaching session or trusted mentor.

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          Revisit in 3 Months

          Your zones evolve. Come back and see what's shifted as your work changes.

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          About Us

          We built this for fun because we use it ourselves — and thought you might find it useful too.

          Jeanette Mellinger

          Jeanette Mellinger

          Jeanette helps founders figure out what to build next — and how they want to build it. Previously a user research leader at Uber and BetterUp, she now brings those skills of empathy, curiosity, and customer discovery to help founders achieve "founder fit" and product-market fit faster.

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          Christina Riechers

          Christina Riechers

          When I left Square after 9 years of building and leading Square Banking, I wanted to think carefully about my next chapter. My dear friend Jeanette shared her Zones of Genius worksheet, and it helped me clarify when and how I thrived.

          I hope this can also help you filter opportunities that sound great on paper, but don't bring out your own genius — and vice versa. One of my genius zones is building new products that people find useful — so I was tickled to help Jeanette bring this to life.

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