Updated 04/28/2017  Intelligence to me isn't just being book- smart or having a college degree; it's trusting your gut instincts, being intuitive, thinking outside the box, and sometimes just realizing that things need to change and being smart enough to change it. Why Grit Is More Important Than IQ When You're Trying To Become Successful | Forbes, Lisa Quast 03/06/2017 You attended the party of a long-time friend and ran into a lot of people from high school that you hadn’t seen in years. During chit-chat over appetizers and drinks, you could feel the friendly competition heating up. While comparing career accomplishments, you were shocked to learn that the kid from school with the genius IQ, the one all the teachers thought would be spectacularly successful, had struggled with his career. How could this be, you wondered. This was the person everyone thought would invent something that would change the world. It’s Not How Smart You Are – Advice from the World’s Most Famous Genius \ Linkedin, Cory Galbraith 04/23/2017 He had a terrible memory, used music to stimulate his thinking, and told his university teachers that their classes were boring. Albert Einstein - thought to have mental disabilities as a child, became known as a genius - yet attributed his success, not to his intelligence, but to his character. |
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