Are you truly the primary beneficiary of your own genius? In a world that constantly tells us to serve, perform, and deliver for others, it’s so easy to forget that our greatest gifts are, first and foremost, meant to serve ourselves. I had a powerful realization recently, and I want to share it with you:

From now on, I want to be the primary beneficiary of my genius.

This isn’t about being selfish. It’s about honoring your innate gifts by allowing yourself to receive your own energy, creativity, and inspiration before giving it away to everyone else.

Rediscovering Your Genius by Being Fully You

Every single one of us is a genius—but only when we’re truly being ourselves. The magic happens when you allow yourself to do what you love and be who you are. If you honor the fullest expression of yourself, you will be a genius at being YOU.

Most of us were trained from an early age to follow society’s rules: get perfect grades, pick the “right” degree, land a respectable job. While these things have value, they can also cause us to pour our best years, ideas, and energy into someone else’s dream instead of our own.

Have you ever felt like a supporting character in someone else’s story? Or like you’re playing the sidekick in someone else’s tragedy, instead of being the hero in your own life? If so, consider this your wake-up call: It’s time to step back and ask—who is really benefiting from your brilliance?

Healing by Taking Back Responsibility for Your Life

Healing starts the moment you realize how much energy you spend on things that aren’t truly your responsibility. How often do you take on burdens that don’t belong to you, or work to satisfy paradigms that don’t serve your highest self?

Let me put it simply: This is your life and your genius. It belongs to you first and foremost.

Ask yourself: Are you giving yourself your best energy, time, and inspiration? Or are you settling for the leftovers? This distinction matters. When you show up for yourself first, you create a ripple effect—raising your own standards and showing others what’s possible when you take radical responsibility for your own joy.

Shifting Out of Service to Unsupportive Paradigms

So much of our upbringing teaches us to value external rules and the approval that comes from following them. We think we’re supposed to serve the “go to college” paradigm, the “get a job” paradigm, the “be a good employee” paradigm—as if we’re just cogs in a wheel.

But what if you stepped out of that cycle? What if you saw yourself as bigger than any external milestone or societal expectation? You get to reject anything you want and still be totally okay. You don’t need to follow anyone else’s rules. You can do things your own way and create amazing, magnificent, never-before-seen outcomes.

Individual Fulfillment as a Gift to the World

There’s a myth out there that prioritizing your own happiness or creativity means you’re short-changing your ability to help others. I want to flip that idea on its head: Operating from self-abandonment only perpetuates cycles of neglect. When you give yourself your best, that’s what truly serves the world. That’s what creates freedom for other people. You’re leading by example. You don’t need to clean up anyone’s side of the street but your own. It reminds me of a quote from Jim Rohn: “I’ll take care of me for you, and you take care of you for me.”

Your only real job is to honor who you truly are and what you truly love.

Claim your genius. Be your own biggest beneficiary. When you do, you unleash a magic that ripples outward, inspiring and liberating others along the way.