What are you guys doing right NOW??? ;)

[zstairlessone]

Intelligence and 'smartness' are two very different things. While intelligence is an innate part of who/what someone is, it's how hard they work with what they have, and what they apply it to that governs how smart they are. Sadly, a lot of intelligent people don't work what they have, never developing it to a useful state much less close to full potential.

 

[AdmiralAdama]

Waiting under a portico imagining I'm picking up someone famous to drive them to an awards show!

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[AQ_OC]

I'm looking at this forum....????....

 

[skimonkey]

The way I look at it: No matter how smart you think you are, chances are that there are people even smarter than you. Think about how frustrating it must be for them to deal with you, and keep that in mind when you're frustrated by others. Also, no one gets to choose how smart (or dumb) they are; it's luck of birth. So if you're lucky enough to be born relatively smart, it's not your doing. If you've won the lottery, better not to gloat about how others didn't. I've always wished I were smarter. I'm smart enough to do pretty well, but geez, I don't stack up well against real brains. I still prefer to work with them, though. I take consolation in the fact that I get to.

Intelligence and 'smartness' are two very different things. While intelligence is an innate part of who/what someone is, it's how hard they work with what they have, and what they apply it to that governs how smart they are. Sadly, a lot of intelligent people don't work what they have, never developing it to a useful state much less close to full potential.

Nicely said--both of you! I always wished I was smarter and have had to work very hard in college to get where I am today.

As Kaykaykay, I do well with what I do, but there are many peers around me that are brighter then I!

Life is all about life-learning in my book!

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[Kaykaykay]

Intelligence and 'smartness' are two very different things. While intelligence is an innate part of who/what someone is, it's how hard they work with what they have, and what they apply it to that governs how smart they are. Sadly, a lot of intelligent people don't work what they have, never developing it to a useful state much less close to full potential.

To me, intelligence, as in the IQ test kind, is less useful in many applications day to day, past a certain baseline. It's generally good in more academic, research, technical settings. Of if you want to join MENSA, lol.

Smarts, as in knowing how to connect the dots and execute, is also inborn, in my experience -- no matter how hard some people work, they will never be able to do that at a high level; they're stuck with what they're born with. I mention that because I know many people who work harder than I do, who will never get past a certain point. I've managed people from Ivy League schools, for example, who can get things done, but they will always work for someone like me, because beyond working hard, I can connect dots and execute (including getting my teams to do a lot of work). But as hard as I work, I work with people who are even smarter. It doesn't matter how much harder I work; I can't make up for what they were born with and I wasn't.

 

[J. A.]

Preparing for the concert today.

 

[Hayles66]

Good luck

 

[zstairlessone]

I'm shivering, and to think I want to live in Canada for a couple of years - Brrr....

 

[Drew wal]

Watching Farscape re-runs on Netflix on ipad of course .

 

[J. A.]

Good luck

Thank you! It went well (most of it.)

 

[Hayles66]

Great! How did you do?

 

[J. A.]

I was nervous and made a few mistakes at the beginning; thankfully we're 5 flutes, and it wasn't heard.
Most important: we had fun. (At least the adult flute players had. )

 

[skimonkey]

Just chopping up the remaining bits of left over turkey to make a turkey meat pie with veggies. It's going to be a nice dinner with salad fixings!

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[J. A.]

Sounds delicious!

 

[Hayles66]

Burning off the protective oils of my new oven. It looks beautiful.