Lost sight of your passion? Frustrated at work? Think you can be happier, wealthier and more productive? If your answer is “Yes,” then Blair Tindall’s story will inspire you to change your life. By uncovering hidden aptitudes while working as a high-profile classical musician, Tindall found her own genius after exploring areas she’d never considered – earning a full fellowship to Stanford University in journalism, writing a bestselling memoir, and consulting with individuals and organizations on creativity and nonprofit policy.

Blair’s key audiences include:

• Students, learning to start on the best career from the beginning, identify and measure their talents – finding new passions and directions for their curriculum.

• Career changers, ready to explore new horizons discover old passions and hidden talents for dramatic, effective change.
• Corporate employees create new paths to job satisfaction, making a big difference through small, yet effective changes.

Her most-requested keynote speech:
Flair for Genius: Discovering Your Best Self
It means finding your individual talents, interests, and goals that set you apart from anyone else in the world. Genius is a strange term. It makes people shake in their boots – something that only a few famous people possess. But in reality, genius means using your own talents, interest and goals in a way no one else can. Whether you’re just starting out, looking for a new job, or just tweaking your current career, you know there’s a genius lurking within, waiting to be polished and discovered. But what is it? Genius doesn’t mean book-smarts – it means using your unique profile to thrive in your own way. It’s the combination of talents and interests that makes you unique. Like the zingy “sweet spot” on a tennis racquet, identifying your own Flair for Genius can make all the difference between a middling job and a life-changing career.

Think of the stars of our world, those making a unique mark in history. Mozart didn’t go to music school, he found his own gifts without copying other composers. Director and screenwriter Mel Brooks listened to his muse, inventing the wild concept for “Blazing Saddles,” and even writing music for his Broadway hits that won him three Grammy Awards. And any famed athlete, like Magic Johnson or David Beckham, develops a style like no other to win big. These celebrities illustrate the sparkle that ordinary people can achieve too – when their own Flair for Genius resonates.

Using her maverick APT Approach, Blair demystifies how you, too, can chart your future – a plan that already lies inside you, waiting to be uncovered. APT stands for the Ambitions, Plans, and Talents embedded in every personality. It’s a way of reminding clients who they really are; the person with whom they’ve disconnected, the star they’ve never had a chance to find. So many people live humdrum lives, programmed by the expectations of others, yet by identifying their true gifts and interests, a clear plan often emerges in as little as a day – one using strengths while discarding any weaknesses. Because the APT Approach measures innate, rather than learned, qualities, it’s essential life training for diverse audiences.

Blair Tindall holds degrees from Stanford University, Columbia University, and the Manhattan School of Music. Author of the cult nonfiction hit, Mozart in the Jungle: Sex, Drugs, and Classical Music, she writes for The New York Times, has taught at Stanford University, and presented a critically-acclaimed Carnegie Hall solo debut recital. Nominated for a jazz Grammy Award, she has played principal oboe with the New York Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, and Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, and is heard on many motion picture soundtracks (including solo performances on Spike Lee's Malcolm X), and she performed at the Blue Note Jazz Club with Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts.

In addition to her speaking engagements, Tindall is currently creating Where’s Blair? Trekking the Wild Song, a television travel show about world music and dance. She is available for speaking engagements and consulting with groups and individuals about personal change.

Audiences come away from her inspiring talk with the insights and tools they need to create a unique life, which, in turn, sparks the self-confidence and creativity that opens the door to even higher goals and achievement.

Listen to an audio interview with Blair discussing her book at http://www.ibiblio.org/wunc_archives/sot/audioarchive//sot062705a.mp3