Description

A one-of-its-kind guide that offers you rare and surprising insights into what makes you, you. Featuring access to the innovative YouScience aptitude assessment, Your Hidden Genius reveals your innate talents, interests, and personality traits along with the infinite paths that can lead to your utmost happiness and career success.

We are all hardwired to think and work differently: no two minds or people are alike.

Do you love brainstorming sessions and juggling multiple assignments or are you happiest when you are given space to concentrate on a single mission? Are you a three-dimensional thinker who enjoys tangible projects or are you more at home solving abstract puzzles? Would you say you are a social butterfly who talks to everyone, or someone who prefers a quiet, focused group to large crowds?

We are all different, but we all have some hidden genius within us—it’s time to find yours.

Your Hidden Genius provides a custom-made roadmap to what makes you special and brilliant, revealing your distinct combination of natural talents, interests, and personality traits—a mix as unique to you as your fingerprint. With the instant appeal of Enneagrams and Strengthsfinder, Your Hidden Genius offers a key difference by focusing on scientific testing rather than self-reported answers as a means to unlock your potential. Included in the book is access to the groundbreaking YouScience aptitude assessment, a series of game-like exercises that distill the science of aptitude measurement into a 90-minute online experience, then pairs your results with its robust and proprietary career database. You’ll uncover new opportunities for work and leisure that suit both your interests and your talents.

Betsy Wills, cofounder of YouScience and a pioneer in aptitude awareness, and expert career coach Alex Ellison joined forces to write this essential life and career guide based on this cutting-edge assessment. In these pages, they offer a deep dive into different aptitude profiles and in-depth context for how to interpret your results, along with dozens of personal stories and first-person interviews with professionals across a diverse range of fields. Their research explores the rich and varied ways careers can unfold to both inform and inspire your own journey. Whether you’re just starting out or pivoting mid-career, Your Hidden Genius will guide you through today’s complex and shifting professional landscape and be your indispensable resource through every twist and turn of the road.

With science-backed results, real-life stories, and rare insight into you, Your Hidden Genius explains why self-awareness is the most important step towards a fulfilling and meaningful life. Once you understand your aptitudes, you can discover the career and life-path you were meant to pursue.

It’s time to discover your hidden genius—and embrace your life’s work.

About the Author

Betsy Wills is the cofounder of YouScience, a national online psychometric-assessment service based in Nashville, Tennessee. She is a regular guest lecturer at Vanderbilt University and at New York University Stern School of Business and has been a featured speaker for TedX Women. She is also the Director of Marketing and Branding at Diversified Trust, a wealth management firm. She serves on the Advisory Board of the Peggy Guggenheim Museum in Venice and the Music City Center Authority in Nashville, Tennessee. Betsy is a graduate of Vanderbilt University and holds a Master’s of Education in Human Resource Development from Peabody College. She lives in Nashville.

Alex Ellison is an education consultant with a private guidance counseling practice, which has enabled her to work with schools, nonprofits, and families across the country. She writes and lectures extensively on the subject of careers and college readiness and has been a featured speaker at SXSW and TedX. She is the author of Go Your Own Way: 7 Student-Centered Paths to the Best College Experience and the creator of the Go Your Own Way Student Archetype Quiz used in schools and by individuals to jump-start their college search. Alex holds a degree in German and business from Northwestern University and a Master’s in Public Policy from the University of Nevada. She lives in Santa Cruz, California. 

Praise For…

“Your Hidden Genius is the book every working person needs. Whether you are looking for your perfect first job, your fulfilling last role, or greater success in a position you are retaining, it is an essential tool that will scientifically help you identify your hidden preferences that are stumbling blocks unseen, and catalyst when well understood.” — Alice Randall, author, professor, writer-in-residence and Andrew W. Mellon Chair in the Humanities, Vanderbilt University

“If happiness, success, and fulfillment are your intended destinations in life (and who doesn’t want those?) Your Hidden Genius is your express-lane ticket. It unlocks the natural gifts you were born with. Once you know clearly what they are, you can (finally!) align your career to take full advantage of them. This is science, folks—proven benefits derived from over a century of data collected by rigorously testing millions of people. It truly works.” — Adam Taggart, entrepreneur; president and cofounder, Peak Prosperity; and author of Finding Your Way to Your Authentic Career

“Your Hidden Genius reflects groundbreaking research and the future of assessment testing at every level. Whether you are starting your career or looking for a change 20 years into a job, Betsy and Alexandra can ground you in your unique capabilities and ways to unlock new doors.” — Marshall Goldsmith, Thinkers50 #1 Executive Coach and New York Times bestselling author of How Women Rise