Jan 21 2025 23 mins
On this Live Greatly podcast episode, Kristel Bauer sits down with Betsy Wills (cofounder of YouScience) and certified career coach Alex Ellison to discuss their new book, YOUR HIDDEN GENIUS: The Science-Backed Strategy to Uncovering and Harnessing Your Innate Talents (Harvest; 1/21/2025). Kristel, Betsy and Alex discuss aptitudes and how understanding them can support you in your personal and professional life. Tune in now!
Key Takeaways From This Episode:
- A look into aptitudes, what they are and how they can help you in your personal and professional life
- Discovering your natural talents
- How aptitudes are the seeds of your skills
- A look into the book, YOUR HIDDEN GENIUS: The Science-Backed Strategy to Uncovering and Harnessing Your Innate Talents (Harvest; 1/21/2025).
- What is an idea rate and how can it impact your abilities
- What is a spatial aptitude
- How understanding your aptitudes can support meaningful change
ABOUT THE AUTHORS:
Betsy Wills is the cofounder of YouScience, a national online psychometric-assessment service. 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 the founder of Throughline Guidance, a college and career counseling practice.
Her work as a consultant has allowed her to work with individuals and organizations around
the world. She writes and lectures extensively on the subject of careers and college readiness
and has been a featured speaker at SXSWedu, NYU’s Stern School of Business, Northwestern
University’s Alumni Association, the Kuala Lumpur International Youth Discourse, and TedX.
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.
Connect with Betsy:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/betsywills/
You Science: https://www.youscience.com/about-us/
Connect with Alex:
Website: https://www.alexellison.com/
Buy the book, YOUR HIDDEN GENIUS: The Science-Backed Strategy to Uncovering and Harnessing Your Innate Talents (Harvest; 1/21/2025): https://www.yourhiddengenius.com/
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