Psychology breakdown of a geniusfrom @kolbykirschner

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Everyone thinks Michael Jackson was just born different, and he was, but nobody talks about the actual systems behind his genius. If you feel like your mind works differently than all the people around you, stay with this. Michael Jackson's genius wasn't one thing. It was three engines working better. How he learned, how he worked, and how he designed his own myth. But most people only ever see the myth. First thing, his learning. Michael treated his talent like a starting point. He studied masters like James Brown and Fred Astaire and stole principles, not just their moves. He called watching the masters the greatest education in the world. If you obsess over how great people do things, your mind is already working like his. Second, work. He was a ruthless perfectionist, rehearsing until everyone else dropped, and then he kept going. He wasn't just trying to impress the room. He was chasing an internal standard that nobody else could see or understand. If you've been called too intense or never satisfied with your own work, that's the same internal mechanism. You're just earlier in your story. Third, the myth. Michael literally studied power and psychology. Writing notes in books like The tier Laws of Power by Robert Greene about mystery, curiosity, controlling perception. That's why he disappeared in between albums and made every appearance feel like an event. In human psychology, what feels rare is valuable. He didn't just have a brand, but he intentionally designed one. No the genius of Michael Jackson was a better. Study like a scientist. Work until your vision is a reality, and intentionally design how the world experiences you. If you've always felt different and obsessed with this stuff, that's not random. It might be the beginning of your unique genius.