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Help someone find their Genius

If you’d have asked me 3 years ago if I could draw. I would have told you that I couldn’t. (You might still think I can’t!) Yet, looking back, I think the clues were there – I just couldn’t see them. This image, created for Angela Maiers, resonates with my experience working alongside young people at wapisasa. You see, quite often it requires other people to help guide a person towards things they could be a genius at – because it’s not obvious to them. Maybe there are people in your network who really need your encouragement, and without it, might not discover what makes them tick…

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