so you're smart but not wealthy is there an explanation for this yes it appears
that there is a possibility let's get this party started smart people overlook their weaknesses
do you ever look at wealthy folks and think that there are too many of them that are well
boring don't you ever listen to wealthy folks and think to yourself what do they have that i don't
aside from money what else in fact doesn't it surprise you a little that you know so much have
seen so much and can accomplish so much despite having so little money there's a chance there's
a cause for your lack of riches but to be honest it's going to be a tough one to take in several
of you seeing this have above average iqs but only a small number of you earn enough to be considered
upper class what's the reason for this if you're so brilliant why aren't you wealthy would it be
fair to assume that they're gossiping about you so which of the above patterns resonates with you
the most well strap in i'm about to dive in even deeper smart people are prone to overlooking
other skills such as relationship development in favor of focusing solely on their intelligence
smart people sometimes believe that their success is predetermined by their intelligence and that
other abilities are unimportant an employee who struggles with workplace diplomacy for example
may dismiss it as a minor annoyance rather than a necessary ability for their position
similarly they may believe that being pleasant is important for a secretary
but not for an executive as a result they do not devote time or effort to honing these abilities
these perspectives aren't random most people are wired to desire focus
on their abilities and avoid thinking about their weaknesses bright children are frequently told
that their intelligence is valuable throughout their childhood they're told they're intelligent
as children and they learn that success comes more easily to them than to others during their
schooling it's easy to see why they'd focus on their intellect as adults because of this
however in most industries raw intelligence isn't enough to succeed and concentrating solely on
your greatest strength rather than tackling your deficiencies is a recipe for failure
the solution is overcome your limitations by utilizing your strengths you can learn the skills
that don't come easily to you if you're skilled at learning you don't need a makeover all you need
is a strategy and a sincere desire to improve determine three specific workplace diplomacy
behaviors that will help you succeed in that area for example smart people aren't good with teamwork
aka know-it-alls for highly intelligent people teamwork can be a source of frustration when
someone grasps concepts fast and has high expectations of himself it might be challenging
to work with those who take longer to process information and grasp concepts
this frustration with teamwork can develop early and a person felt held back in school
by being in class with less intelligent students you know what this feels like if you routinely did
the majority of the work on group projects or if you were scolded for daydreaming during a class
that moved too slowly for you these emotions might resurface at any time in one's life
when a person develops an emotional raw spot as a child they frequently have exaggerated internal
reactions when the raw area is rubbed as an adult smart people also have a hard time delegating
because they believe they can accomplish a task better regardless of whether this is actually true
this is especially true for those who have a strong desire to be perfect
the quick fix is be patient with yourself and understand where your emotional
reactions are coming from but also learn to truly appreciate what different minds bring to a team
smart people mostly have low self-esteem smart people frequently attribute a large portion of
their self-esteem to their intelligence which can reduce resilience and lead to avoidance
it might be challenging to be in situations that expose weaknesses in your armor if a large part of
your self-esteem is based on your intelligence working with people who are more talented or
intellectual receiving constructive criticism or taking a risk and failing are all examples of this
any situation that makes you feel stupid is regarded as extremely dangerous
the astute individual may even try to avoid those circumstances putting them at a disadvantage the
simple answer to this take an objective look at the advantages of working with people who
are smarter than you in some ways you're doing something well if you surround yourself with smart
individuals keep in mind that iron sharpens iron develop relationships with people you can rely on
to provide you with constructive criticism it'll become simpler as you become accustomed
to accepting critical comments from people who believe in your overall capabilities and abilities
smart people aren't as patient boredom is a common occurrence in intelligent people being smart isn't
the same as being curious but if you have both you might get tired of repeating the same actions
some sorts of success come from being creative while others come from mastering a niche and
repeating a set of behaviors if you're intelligent curious and enjoy learning you may discover that
once you've figured something out you rapidly lose interest in it you might find the execution side
of performance boring and you'd rather be learning new things all the time finding a niche and
repeating the same method can be more profitable but it's not always the case although that might
seem too boring or unchallenging to you an easy fix is take a 30 000 foot view of when it's
worth accepting a little boredom in exchange for quick wins that will improve your overall success
rather than seeking drastic change consider when tolerating brief periods of boredom
a few minutes or hours could be extremely advantageous to your achievement for example
investing 5 hours per week in a tedious yet rewarding activity also make sure you have ample
outlets for your passion for learning in many areas of your life such as your profession hobbies
physical health self-awareness and so on smart people overthink before taking risks in-depth
thinking and reflection are sometimes seen as a solution to all problems by smart individuals
bright people are accustomed to achieving success through their analytical abilities
yet they may ignore situations where a different approach may be more helpful for example when
alternative ways would be more fruitful the smart person might approach every problem by
trying to think it to death over researching every decision and brooding over every error
the alternative is recognize when your thoughts have turned into an unhealthy addiction consider
when other methods of success are more likely than thinking experiment with taking breaks to
break yourself out of a rut and allow yourself to learn by doing rather than by completing lengthy
advanced research expand your insight gathering talents so you aren't the person who perceives
every problem as a nail because their only tool is a hammer finally if you find yourself ruminating
doing negatively toned overthinking interrupting it by engaging in an absorbing activity for a few
minutes such as a puzzle this is a surprisingly effective method for getting out of a funk
so which of the patterns so far most closely resemble your personality
you should consider putting them in order of importance do you have any co-workers or friends
who appear to fall into these traps allow any feelings of shame or condemnation to fade away
they aren't required or helpful in breaking these behaviors if you identify with any of
these tendencies worry not you're actually not the only one otherwise this video wouldn't exist
smart people are perfectionists and only want the best apart from the above intelligence
boosts your ability to deceive yourself with detailed explanations for why something happened
high iq people aren't necessarily quick learners because they try to jam the real world into
the theories they've been taught whereas normal people are better at taking things at face value
here's the thing we prefer to evaluate others entirely on their behavior but when it comes to
ourselves we have an internal dialogue that rationalizes our errors and bad decisions
if you're a fund manager who's had a bad year i might be able to tell you what went wrong right
away if on the other hand i'm a fund manager with poor performance i can create myself a tale
to justify my actions and explain the results as a result two things happen we believe we're
less faulty than others because we rarely hear other people's internal reasons for their errors
but we're acutely aware of our own when you're gifted with intelligence you're also saddled
with the capacity to utilize it to manufacture complex and frequently incorrect explanations for
why things happened especially when it comes to why you mister or miss smartypants made a mistake
smart people are too attached to the cause intelligence also encourages you to believe
that complicated issues necessitate sophisticated answers because simple solutions navigate around
rather than trying to steer through portions of an issue that are essentially unknowable some of the
most complicated challenges demand the simplest solutions a good example is by robert weinberg a
bright cancer researcher at mit who perfectly describes why highly clever individuals like
himself aren't interested in easy remedies even if they're effective in the 2015 documentary cancer
the emperor of all maladies persuading someone to stop smoking is a mental challenge molecules genes
and cells have nothing to do with it as a result people like myself are largely uninterested in it
even though quitting smoking will have a far greater impact on cancer mortality than anything
i could achieve in my lifetime furthermore even when an issue necessitates a complex solution
the ability to convey it in simple terms is critical to gaining people's respect
it makes me wonder how many academic geniuses have found something incredible but published
it in a paper so dense and convoluted that no one else can understand it i'm sure it's a lot so the
takeaway is that being super smart also means you understand how much you don't know this is
a double-edged sword and of course we're focusing on the blunt side you'll never be able to study or
comprehend everything no matter how hard you try when the more you know the less you know
intelligence becomes a cure scientists discover that the less bright you are the higher your
cognitive talents are overestimated and vice versa in one experiment students in the lowest quartile
of a test adapted from the lsat overestimated the number of items they got right by roughly 50
those in the top quartile on the other hand overestimated their number of right answers this
concludes that personality matters a lot when it comes to financial success this is excellent news
for all of you smart people you can't change your iq but you can impact your conscientiousness and
curiosity encourage yourself to finish what you start and when you do recognize and respect all
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