It’s
a concept that can be difficult to come to terms with, but like it or
not our intellect (or our perceived intellect) can often work against
us in life. The indications are all there once you have the eyes to
see them. Have you fell into the “I think I’m too smart for my
own good” trap? Don’t worry the big part of correcting a mistake
is realizing it exists! Check out these 5 signs you are not as smart
as you think you are and see if any or all apply to you. Coming
quickly to terms with them and correcting this kind of self-defeating
behavior can make you truly smarter fast! And perhaps more
importantly, much happier too.
Opinions
are by their nature subjective – think of beauty as being in the
eyes of the beholder as a classic example – while end results, like
numbers in a pay check are very much objective and impossible to
argue with. Smart people leverage their intelligence into
professional success. If you are thirty five years old, consider
yourself brilliant yet are living in your parent’s basement it’s
pretty clear you are not as smart as you think you are. Smart people
figure out a way to make money not make excuses!
Always
Being in the Center of Conflict
Smart
people, truly smart people that is, don’t spend every waking moment
wasted in argument, conflict and debate. The need to prove how
correct you are at the expense of co-workers, friends, family and the
majority of people you meet on the street reveals a insecurity that
truly intelligent people rarely have. It’s a flashing neon sign
that tells the world you are not nearly as smart as you think you
are! Avoid unneeded conflict and watch the energy you save get
utilized for positive projects and to fuel constructive behavior. Now
that’s a sign you are getting smarter!
You
Are Always Rushing Around and Way too Busy
Do
you find most of your days fighting the clock and running from crisis
to crisis? Time and energy management is a skill all truly smart
people quickly learn to manage to make the most out of life, minimize
stress and out produce their less smart peers. Ask yourself if you
are so intelligent why are you always running around in a panic like
a chicken without a head? Occasional bouts of overwork may be
unavoidable aspects of our professional or home lives, certainly, but
if this is a reoccurring nightmare you are hardly as smart as you may
like to think you are. Smart people know this is hardly a way to live
or to produce up to a person’s true highest potential!
You
Talk Much More than You Listen
What
do you think of when you are around someone who just won’t stop
talking to even catch a breath? Don’t images of scam artists,
unscrupulous used car salesmen and high school air heads flash to
mind? Certainly not people with true intelligence who understand
there’s much more benefit and lasting power in the sometimes lost
art of listening rather than talking. Which category do you most
often fall it – the endless babbler or the active listener? The
answer says a great deal about just how smart you really are. Listen
more and talk less.
Your
Reading Habits are Hardly Challenging
If
you needed to find one top quality shared by all truly intelligent
people you could do much worse than focusing on the love of reading.
Real reading about difficult and thought provoking subjects – not
escapist low brow entertainment. Reading is an essential tool in the
quest for continued self development and it’s embraced by all the
truly smart. If you consider yourself in this category, but spend
your free time zoned out in front of the television or wasting time
reading foolish crime novels it may be time to reconsider. A few
hours of challenging reading a night can help expand your
intelligence and creativity in astoundingly magical ways and move you
quickly towards being smart for real. Adopting this habit alone can
be a true game changer you will have no choice, but to thank yourself
for a year from now. Don’t hesitate to act on it if you’d like to
be smart rather than just think you are smart!
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