Why did you pick up this book? Be honest now.

Do you want more from life?

Do you believe you can do more with your life?

I believe you can. I reckon you're absolutely brilliant.

In that amazing body and mind of yours exists your inner brilliance. In your teams exist the ideas and innovations you're searching for to drive the change that's needed. And in your business lies the brilliance that will set you apart from the competition, that will give you the edge, that will guarantee your next growth plan.

You have all you need.

All your experiences up to now, all the highs and lows, all the wins and losses, all the high fives shared and failures faced — some of which I have no doubt you'd love to forget — all of it, yep, all of it, has got you to here.

So, it's up to you to decide what's next.

I've worked with so many people just like you — senior executives, business leaders, small business owners, men and women, young and old — and every single one of them has their own stuff going on, their own fears and self-doubts, their concerns about what they don't have and their dreams of what they wish they did have.

We all do.

But here's the thing.

Brilliance does not magically appear — it requires constant work.

It needs us all to slow down, to think, to zoom out, to look in on ourselves. It requires courage and bravery. It requires truth and authenticity.

But really — in this new world we're all learning to live in — what choice do we really have but to become the best version of ourselves that we can become?

If we can own who we are, if we can get out of our way and bring the best of ourselves to our life and our work, then maybe, just maybe, we'll start feeling back in control and make the impact we want to make and the impact we're all absolutely capable of making.

Only when we embrace our own imperfections and rise above our own limitations, and unleash our own inner brilliance, can we truly create the space for others to do the same.

Brilliance is not the result of one action. It's the practice of many, starting with the Laws and Facets in this book.

The culmination of these many individual, separate, personal efforts over time will collectively allow you to have the impact and influence you want to have in your life, your work, your business and with others.

It's really up to you as to whether you're prepared to do the work to help your brilliance shine more brightly and more often, to become part of your everyday, to at least appear more often than it hides.

As with anything in life, those who do the work will reap the rewards. Those who are prepared to do what the majority of people are unwilling to do experience the amplification effects of unleashing their brilliance for themselves and for others. They experience increased confidence and belief in themselves, they are able to harness the energy to maintain momentum, they surround themselves with the right people working together to drive success and they see the results in themselves, their teams, their business, their families and their lives.

As individuals, leaders, teams and businesses all wanting to do better, be better, become better, we need to be the brilliant selves we can be.

You are brilliant and your possibilities are exciting.

It's time to let your brilliance shine.