The History of The Genius Project

Daniel Smith, Founder of The Genius Project.
I started running learning skills seminars for school students back in the late 1990s…we helped a heap of people, got on the evening news and had lots of fun.  But…what I really wanted to understand was genius .

Andrew Smith, Research Assistant at The Genius Project.
From the outset, we looked at people who were gifted, who were geniuses, and we wanted to know ‘why’.  What was it about these people – who defied logic and society – that made them brilliant, that made them experts. From here, it’s easy to see the impetus to begin The Genius Project.

Daniel Smith, Founder of The Genius Project .
I had a dream that we could make genius a choice, rather than leaving it to chance .  You see, there are many brilliant people, yet there are many more who could be brilliant.  And with the challenges of the world today, we need more than ever before people with vision and talent working towards their purpose.

Andrew Smith, Research Assistant at The Genius Project.
We wanted to help people to be exceptional, so we needed to know how the exceptional people did it.  Studying genius means that we can help other people who want to be genius’ or experts in their particular field, actually fulfill their dream, make it a reality.

I don’t entirely know what the findings of The Genius Project are going to be, and I certainly don’t know how they’re going to be used.  But, I do know that what we are going to set out to make a better life an active choice, to take ownership of our own life, instead of relying on luck, accident or variables.