Ivan Maslyukov
Director, entrepreneur. Creator of the international network of urban games Encounter.
1. An intelligent person talks with a purpose
In a meeting, by phone, in chat. Conversation is a tool to achieve a goal.
Stupid people talk for the sake of talking. This is how they indulge their laziness when they are busy. Or they struggle with boredom and idleness in their free time.
2. Feels comfortable alone
A smart person is not bored with his thoughts. He understands that important events and discoveries can occur within a person.
Stupid people, on the contrary, try with all their might to avoid loneliness: being left alone with themselves, they are forced to observe their own emptiness. Therefore, it seems to them that important and meaningful things can only happen around them. They follow the news, seek out companies and parties, and check social networks a hundred times a day.
3. Trying to keep balance
- Between outside experience (movies, books, stories from friends) and one’s own experience.
- Between believing in himself and realizing that he could be wrong.
- Between ready-made knowledge (templates) and new knowledge (thinking).
- Between an intuitive hint from the subconscious and precise logical analysis of limited data.
Stupid people easily go to one extreme.
4. Seeks to expand the range of his perception
A smart person wants to achieve accuracy in sensations, feelings, thoughts. He understands that the whole consists of the smallest details, which is why he is so attentive to details, shades, and small things.
Stupid people are content with average clichés.
5. Knows many “languages”
An intelligent person communicates with architects through buildings, with writers - through books, with designers - through interfaces, with artists - through paintings, with composers - through music, with a cleaner - through a clean yard. He knows how to connect with people through what they do.
Stupid people understand only the language of words.
6. A smart person finishes what he starts.
A fool stops as soon as he begins, or in the middle, or almost finishes, based on the assumption that what he has done may turn out to be unclaimed and will not bring any benefit to anyone.
7. Understands that a huge part of the world around us was invented and created by people
After all, a shoe, concrete, bottle, sheet of paper, light bulb, window once did not exist. Using what was invented and created, he wants to give something of himself to humanity in gratitude. He happily creates himself. And when he uses what others have done, he gladly gives money for it.
Stupid people, when they pay for a thing, a service, an object of art, do it without gratitude and with regret that there is less money.
8. Maintains an information diet
An intelligent person remembers facts and data that are not needed to solve current problems. At the same time, studying the world, he strives first of all to understand the cause-and-effect relationships between events, phenomena, and things.
Stupid people consume information indiscriminately and without trying to understand the relationships.
9. Understands that nothing can be appreciated without context.
Therefore, he does not rush to conclusions and assessments of any things, events, or phenomena until he has analyzed the totality of all the circumstances and details. A smart person very rarely criticizes or condemns.
A stupid person easily evaluates things, events, phenomena, without delving into details and circumstances. He criticizes and condemns with pleasure, thus seeming to feel superior to what is the object of his criticism.
10. Considers as authority the one who has earned his authority.
A smart person never forgets that even if everyone has the same opinion, they can be wrong.
Stupid people recognize an opinion as correct if it is supported by the majority. It is enough for them that many other people consider a certain person to be an authority.
11. Very selective about books and films
It doesn't matter to a smart person when and by whom a book was written or when a film was made. The priority is content and meaning.
A stupid person prefers fashionable books and films.
12. Has a passion for self-development and growth
To grow up clever man says to himself: “I’m not good enough, I can improve.”
Stupid people, trying to rise in the eyes of others, humiliate others and, thus, humiliate themselves.
13. Not afraid to make mistakes
An intelligent person perceives it as a natural part of moving forward. At the same time, he tries not to repeat them.
Stupid people have thoroughly learned once and for all the shame of making mistakes.
14. Able to concentrate attention
For maximum concentration, an intelligent person can withdraw into himself and be inaccessible to anyone or anything.
Stupid people are always open to communication.
15. An intelligent person convinces himself that everything in this life depends only on him
Although he understands that this is not so. Therefore, he believes in himself, and not in the word “luck”.
Stupid people convince themselves that everything in this life depends on circumstances and other people. This allows them to relieve themselves of all responsibility for what is happening in their lives.
16. Can be hard like steel or soft like clay
At the same time, an intelligent person proceeds from his ideas about what he should be like under different circumstances.
A stupid person can be hard as steel or soft as clay, based on the desire to meet the expectations of others.
17. Easily admits his mistakes
His goal is to understand the actual state of affairs, and not to always be right. He understands too well how difficult it is to understand all the diversity of life. That's why he's not lying.
Stupid people deceive themselves and others.
18. Mainly behaves like an intelligent person
Sometimes smart people let themselves go and act stupid.
Stupid people sometimes concentrate, show willpower, exert effort and behave like smart people.
Of course, no one can act wisely all the time and everywhere. But the more of an intelligent person you are, the more... The more stupid, the stupider.
You may think you're the smartest, but who doesn't want to be even smarter? Of course, I also want to be smarter than others, so I try to find out who I can learn from. But how can you determine whether a person is smart or not?
Here are the signs of really smart people
1. They don't talk as much as you because they are smart enough to listen.
2. Smart people know many other things besides those they specialize in. A broad mind is great gift, but he needs constant stimulation and interest in what others are doing.
3. They balance work, home and personal interests and never deviate from the good old principle, which says that you need to properly balance all aspects of life. Such people are 100% focused on their activities and take all measures to make sure that their lives are completely orderly.
4. They use social media. Not always, but in most cases. This is not only an additional chance to hear something new, but also an opportunity to feed your brain.
5. Even when things are not going well, they continue to smile. Smart people never fall into despair. Their brain helpfully offers all the benefits that can be derived from the situation that has developed.
6. A smart person knows that he is most likely the smartest person in the room, but doesn't take the time to prove it. Instead, he tries to make the other people in the room feel that they are also worth a lot.
7. If smart people are leaders, they will do everything to make others smarter, more popular, and more outgoing.
8. They hide their abilities until they are needed. Smart people don’t see any need to show everything they can do, because they don’t want to prove anything to anyone.
But what's most important...
9. They don't necessarily have an expensive education. You may never know until you look at their resume.
10. Smart people will never, under any circumstances, make you look stupid, even if it is very easy to do. They know that the only thing they will achieve in this case is to show themselves in a bad light.
How to understand that you are a smart person? For many, the question presented may seem provocative. Indeed, smart people differ diametrically from stupid people. The only problem is that the first type of personality is accustomed to doubting their own abilities.
How to understand that a person is smart: behavior
problem solving;
achievements of goals;
Creative skills.
How do you know if you are smart? To do this, you just need to analyze the characteristics of your behavior.
Problem solving
Smart people strive to solve emerging difficulties as quickly as possible. They immediately begin searching for ideas to get out of the situation. If probable methods are discovered, they begin to implement them immediately.
Achievements of goals
Smart people set only realistic goals. Heading in the clouds is practically not typical for them. No, they have a big dream or goal, but they break it down into several sub-points in advance.
Creative skills
Individuals who are gifted with intelligence are often distinguished by their expressed creative potential. They play music and write poetry. There are actually a lot of options. Well, a talented person is talented in everything.
How to Define Mind: Habits
Of course, you also need to carefully look at the habits of such individuals. In this case, the answer to the question of how to understand whether a person is smart depends on his hobbies and ways of spending his free time. Options include:
cultural life;
frequent loneliness;
solving puzzles.
Yes, that's exactly it. Of course, the list does not end there, but the elements presented are the most typical and characteristic.
Cultural life
In this case, intelligence can be determined by the quality of the choice of films, books, and movies. Stupid people often simply are not interested in any kind of creativity. The works of artists or unusual literary works are alien to them.
Often loneliness
People with developed intelligence do not shy away from or fear loneliness. For them, this is simply an opportunity to be alone with themselves, to think once again in a calm environment.
Puzzle solving
A favorite pastime of many smart people. They simply love logic problems and complex puzzles. Hours can be spent doing this activity. Naturally, this approach additionally trains the brain.
Results
Absolutely anyone can develop intelligence. There is nothing complicated about this in principle. You just need to devote more time to reading books and watching educational programs.
