The Big Leap Zones Examples Mega-Thread

[Ferdi Le]

Hey, ya'll, I need your help!

Some of you might know the book "The Big Leap" by Gay Hendricks. It is a very popular self-help book and recommended by Leo in his book list. The book has many very helpful concepts around the topic of Life Purpose. One of those concepts is his "zones" model. He basically argues that everything work-related we do fits into 1 of 4 zones.

The purpose of this concept is to eventually spend most of your time in the so called "Zone of Genius". He gives a brief explanation about all the zones, but I think to grasp them on a deep level and henceforth be able to get to the Zone of Genius, it would be helpful to gather lots of examples for each Zone to understand them more deeply. Kinda like we did with the Spiral Dynamics Stages.

I will share Gay hendricks definitions of the stages and then would like you to share examples where you can identify yourself in one of those stages with a brief explanation. And I mean not just the Zone of Genuis, because one most understand all the zones.

You can also share examples of people that are not you (maybe with some Youtube-Clip or something like that) but it would be great the be rather certain in order to avoid projection.

So here are the definitions:

The Zone of Incompetence

Made up of all the activities we are not good at (others can do them a lot better)

The best way to handle most things in your Zone of Incompetence is to avoid doing them altogether. Delegate them to someone else, or find some other creative way to avoid doing them

 

The Zone of Competence

You are competent at the activities in the Zone of Competence but others can do them just as well

When people are not expressing their full potential, they often get illnesses that have vague, hard-to-diagnose symptoms (chronic fatigue)

 

The Zone of Excellence

In the Zone of Excellence are the activities you do extremely well. You make a good living in your Zone of Excellence. For successful people, this zone is a seductive and even dangerous trap

The temptation is strong to remain in the Zone of Excellence; it is where your own addiction to comfort wants you to stay. It is also where your family, friends, and organization want you to stay  (this is especially true for family fathers who make a good living but actually have passion for something else; the family wont care about the passion because they are too attached to the comfort that comes with the good salary; they dont actually care about his inner fulfillment)

 

The Zone of Genius

Liberating and expressing your natural genius is your ultimate path to success and life satisfaction

Your zone of genius is the set of activities you are uniquely suited to do. They draw upon your special gifts and strengths